Nematoplexus
Fossil taxon
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Nematoplexus rhyniensis is a fossil known from the Rhynie chert assigned to the nematophytes.[2] It comprises a loose mass of coily aseptate tubes.[3] Tubes which may have originated from a Nematoplexus-like plant are known from earlier Silurian sediments.[4]
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