Barinophyton
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| Barinophyton Temporal range: | |
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| Barinophyton citruliforme fossil, New York State Museum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | †Barinophytes |
| Genus: | †Barinophyton White (1905)[2] emend. Brauer (1980)[3] |
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Barinophyton was a genus of early land plant with branching axes. It is placed in a group of early vascular plants (tracheophytes), the barinophytes, a group that has been given various ranks and scientific names.[4] Known fossils are of Devonian to Carboniferous age (420 to 299 million years ago).[1]