Anisophyton Temporal range: Emsian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Genus †Anisophyton
Anisophyton Early Devonian land plant with branching axes. Known fossils are of Emsian age (million years ago).
A cladogram published in 2004 by Crane et al. places Anisophyton in the core of a paraphyletic stem group of broadly defined "zosterophylls ", basal to the lycopsids (living and extinct clubmosses and relatives).
lycophytes † Hicklingia Adoketophyton Discalis Distichophytum Rebuchia ), Gumuia Huia Zosterophyllum myretonianumZ. llanoveranum, Z. fertile †'core' zosterophylls Zosterophyllum divaricatumTarella Oricilla Gosslingia Hsua , Thrinkophyton Protobarinophyton Barinophyton obscurumB. citrulliforme , Sawdonia Deheubarthia Konioria Anisophyton , Serrulacaulis Crenaticaulis Nothia Zosterophyllum deciduumlycopsids extant and extinct members † Hicklingia †basal groups Adoketophyton Discalis Distichophytum Rebuchia ), Gumuia Huia Zosterophyllum myretonianumZ. llanoveranum, Z. fertile †'core' zosterophylls Zosterophyllum divaricatumTarella Oricilla Gosslingia Hsua , Thrinkophyton Protobarinophyton Barinophyton obscurumB. citrulliforme , Sawdonia Deheubarthia Konioria Anisophyton , Serrulacaulis Crenaticaulis Nothia Zosterophyllum deciduumlycopsids extant and extinct members †basal groups Adoketophyton Discalis Distichophytum Rebuchia ), Gumuia Huia Zosterophyllum myretonianumZ. llanoveranum, Z. fertile †'core' zosterophylls Zosterophyllum divaricatumTarella Oricilla Gosslingia Hsua , Thrinkophyton Protobarinophyton Barinophyton obscurumB. citrulliforme , Sawdonia Deheubarthia Konioria Anisophyton , Serrulacaulis Crenaticaulis †basal groups Nothia Zosterophyllum deciduumlycopsids extant and extinct members †basal groups Nothia Zosterophyllum deciduumlycopsids extant and extinct members
External links Deprecated link archived 2012-12-04 at archive.today from Crane, Herendeen & Friis 2004