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Research on the earliest terrestrial plants often brings difficulties related to uncertain systematic classification. As plant macrofossils are usually poorly preserved, no internal anatomy is recorded thus enabling only morphological features to be used for plant description and classification. Most of these early land plants show dichotomous branching and terminal sporangia, placing them among the basal polysporangiophytes. However, some plants may exhibit unusual characteristics which raise further questions. The classification of early terrestrial plants has been debated, with discussions about whether they exhibit features that more closely resemble bryophytes or tracheophytes. These debates point to distinct evolutionary pathways. The recent emergence of a new group of plants known as eophytes could represent a link between bryophytes and tracheophytes. This manuscript focuses on a recently discovered Silurian fossil plant named Capesporangites petrkraftii gen. et sp. nov. The plant shows features reminiscent of bryophytes as elongated sporangium having a cap-like formation at the apex and a columella-like structure at the base but also fits into the classification of polyspo

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Author

Monika Uhlírova, Josef Psenicka, Jakub Sakala

Publisher

Elsevier

Published

2024

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Biology, Stem