Polythecophyton
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| Polythecophyton Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Euphyllophytes |
| Genus: | †Polythecophyton S.-G. Hao, P.G. Gensel & D.-M. Wang (2001) |
| Species: | †P. demissum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Polythecophyton demissum S.-G. Hao, P.G. Gensel & D.-M. Wang (2001) | |
Polythecophyton was a genus of Early Devonian (420 to 390 million years ago) aneurophyte with branching axes, drooping, many-branched sporangia, but no trace of a vascular system.[1] It grew to several centimetres in length, and its axes were almost a centimeter across.[1]