Horneophyton lignieri
Sign in to saveHorneophyton is an extinct early plant which may form a "missing link" between the hornworts and the Rhyniopsida. It is a member of the class Horneophytopsida. Horneophyton is among the most abundant fossil organisms found in the Rhynie chert, a Devonian Lagerstätte in Aberdeenshire, UK. A single species, Horneophyton lignieri, is known. Its probable female gametophyte is the form taxon Langiophyton mackiei.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumLangiophytophyta
- ClassLangiophytopsida
- OrderLangiophytales
- FamilyLangiophytaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Langiophytaceae
- Collections
- FMNH, UCMP, UF
- Recorded in
- Scotland, United Kingdom, United States
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Horneophyton is an extinct early plant which may form a "missing link" between the hornworts and the Rhyniopsida. It is a member of the class Horneophytopsida. Horneophyton is among the most abundant fossil organisms found in the Rhynie chert, a Devonian Lagerstätte in Aberdeenshire, UK. A single species, Horneophyton lignieri, is known. Its probable female gametophyte is the form taxon Langiophyton mackiei.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horneophyton lignieri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.