Sphenophyllum

Sphenophyllum
Temporal range: Devonian–Triassic
A piece of rock showing imprints of about four slender vine-like stems with small wedged-shaped leaves arranged around regularly spaced nodes.
Fossil leaves and branches of the species Sphenophyllum miravallis, Upper Carboniferous. Collection of the Universiteit Utrecht.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: †Sphenophyllales
Family: †Sphenophyllaceae
Genus: Sphenophyllum
Species

†Sphenophyllum biarnicum
†Sphenophyllum coemansii
†Sphenophyllum cuneifolium
†Sphenophyllum emarginatum
†Sphenophyllum gilmorei
†Sphenophyllum latifolium
†Sphenophyllum longifolium
†Sphenophyllum majus
†Sphenophyllum miravallis
†Sphenophyllum multirame
†Sphenophyllum myriophyllum
†Sphenophyllum oblongifolium
†Sphenophyllum plurifoliatum
†Sphenophyllum stoukenbergi
†Sphenophyllum subtenerrimum
†Sphenophyllum tenuifolium
†Sphenophyllum thonii
†Sphenophyllum verticillatum

Sphenophyllum is a genus in the order Sphenophyllales.

References

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