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Extinct order of ferns
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Iridopteridales
Temporal range: Middle DevonianUpper Devonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridophyta (?)
Class: Cladoxylopsida
Order: Iridopteridales
Genera

Arachnoxylon
Compsocradus
Iridopteris
Metacladophyton
Ibyka
Serripteris
Asteropteris
Anapaulia
Keraphyton
Rotoxylon

Iridopteridales is an order of the extinct cladoxylopsids. It contains the genus Ibyka which is a possible ancestor of the horsetails.

References

  1. Champreux A, Meyer-Berthaud B, Decombeix A. 2020. Keraphyton gen. nov., a new Late Devonian fern-like plant from Australia. PeerJ 8:e9321 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9321
  2. Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants . Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8 , p. 398-400.
Taxon identifiers
Iridopteridales


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