Fusitheca

Fusitheca was a genus of land plant with branching axes.^[1] It is known from charcoalified Early Devonian deposits, its type locality being the Brown Clee Hill lagerstätten.^[2] Its spores form smooth-walled, unfused, naked dyads.^[3] Its axis comprises length-parallel filaments, and their dichotomies are T-shaped, with the branches bending to continue upwards.^[3]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Stem group:†Rhyniophytes

Form taxon:†Cooksonioidea

Genus:†Fusitheca
Wellman et al. 1998

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Fusitheca Temporal range: Early Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Stem group:	†Rhyniophytes
Form taxon:	†Cooksonioidea
Genus:	†Fusitheca Wellman et al. 1998
Species
F. fanningiae Wellman et al. 1998 (Type)

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