Sphondylophyton

Sphondylophyton; Temporal range: Lower Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Genus:	†Sphondylophyton; R.E.Schultes & Dorf
Species:	†S. hyenioides
Binomial name
	†Sphondylophyton hyenioides; R.E.Schultes & Dorf

Sphondylophyton is an early Devonian fossil that was originally interpreted as the oldest sphenopsid,^[1] but has since been reinterpreted as a possible red alga^[2]

References

↑ Schultes, Richard Evans; Dorf, Erling (1938). "A Sphenopsid from the Lower Devonian of Wyoming". Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University. 7 (2): 21–34. doi:10.5962/p.295125. JSTOR 41762715.
↑ Steenbock, Christopher M.; Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. (2013). "Resurrecting Sphondylophyton as a Rhodophyte Alga from the Early Devonian". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 174 (8): 1171–1181. doi:10.1086/671806.

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[1] Schultes, Richard Evans; Dorf, Erling (1938). "A Sphenopsid from the Lower Devonian of Wyoming". Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University. 7 (2): 21–34. doi:10.5962/p.295125. JSTOR 41762715.

[2] Steenbock, Christopher M.; Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. (2013). "Resurrecting Sphondylophyton as a Rhodophyte Alga from the Early Devonian". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 174 (8): 1171–1181. doi:10.1086/671806.

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