Gosslingiaceae

Gosslingiaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Plesion: Zosterophylls
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Gosslingiaceae
Genera

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Gosslingiaceae is a family of extinct zosterophylls. The zosterophylls were among the first vascular plants in the fossil record, and are considered to share an ancestor with the living lycophytes. The family is variously placed in the order Sawdoniales[1] or the order Gosslingiales.[2]

Genera

Genera that have been placed in this family by Kenrick and Crane in 1997 and Hao and Xue in 2013 are shown in the table below.

Genus Included by Hao & Xue[2] Included by Kenrick & Crane[1]
Crenaticaulis Banks & Davis (1969) yes placed in Sawdoniaceae
Gosslingia Heard (1927) yes yes
Oricilla Gensel (1982) yes yes
Sawdonia Hueber (1971) yes placed in Sawdoniaceae
Tarella unplaced as to family yes

References

  1. ^ a b Kenrick, Paul & Crane, Peter R. (1997), The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Study, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 172, ISBN 978-1-56098-730-7
  2. ^ a b Hao, Shougang & Xue, Jinzhuang (2013), The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants, Beijing: Science Press, p. 53, ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0, retrieved 2019-10-25