Eophyllophyton
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| Eophyllophyton Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil specimen of E. bellum, Geological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Euphyllophytes |
| Genus: | †Eophyllophyton Hao & Beck 1993 |
| Species: | †E. bellum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eophyllophyton bellum Hao & Beck 1993 | |
Eophyllophyton bellum is the oldest known plant bearing megaphyllous leaves.[1][2] In 2013, Hao (one of the original taxon authors) and Xue placed the genus in a new class Eophyllophytopsida, considered to be an isolated lineage in the euphyllophytes.[3]
