Resilitheca
Extinct genus of Devonian plants
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Resilitheca is a genus of land plant known from kidney-shaped sporangia.[1] It is known from charcoalified Early Devonian deposits, its type locality being the Brown Clee Hill lagerstätten.[2] It was listed as a rhyniophyte by Hao and Xue in 2013.[3]
Clade:Tracheophytes
Stem group:†Rhyniophytes (?)
Genus:†Resilitheca
D.Edwards et al., 1995
D.Edwards et al., 1995
Species:
†R. salopensis
| Resilitheca Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Stem group: | †Rhyniophytes (?) |
| Genus: | †Resilitheca D.Edwards et al., 1995 |
| Species: | †R. salopensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Resilitheca salopensis D.Edwards et al., 1995 | |