Dinophyton
Extinct genus of gymnosperm
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Dinophyton is an extinct genus of gymnosperm found in late Triassic beds in North America. Its taxonomy is debated,[2] but it may be a gnetophyte with bisaccate pollen.[1]
| Dinophyton Temporal range: Late Triassic ~ | |
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| D. spinosum fossil, National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Gnetophyta |
| Genus: | †Dinophyton Ash 1970 |
| Species | |
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D. spinosum Ash 1970[1] | |
