Krithodeophyton
Extinct genus of Devonian plants
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Krithodeophyton is a genus of lower Devonian plant with branching axes. It is considered to be a barinophyte.[1][2]
| Krithodeophyton Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | †Barinophytes |
| Genus: | †Krithodeophyton D.Edwards |
| Species: | †K. croftii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Krithodeophyton croftii D.Edwards (1968) | |
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic position of the barinophytes remains disputed. Kenrick and Crane in 1997 called the group the Barinophytaceae and placed it in their Sawdoniales, well nested within the zosterophylls.[3] Taylor et al. in 2009 considered the barinophytes to be possible lycopsids rather than zosterophylls.[4] Hao and Xue in 2013 suggested that they were not lycopsids, instead falling between this group and the euphyllophytes.[5]
