Protolepidodendron
fossil plant genus
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annotated classification
- In lycophyte: Annotated classification
…8 genera, including Baragwanathia and Protolepidodendron. †Order Lepidodendrales Extinct tree lycophytes, therefore capable of secondary growth; heterosporous, with some strobili (cones) forming seedlike structures; about 6 genera, including Lepidodendron and Sigillaria. Order
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characteristics
- In lycophyte
…which were tree lycophytes, and Protolepidodendron, a herbaceous Lycopodium-like plant. Lycophytes are known from rocks of the Devonian Period (beginning 419.2 million years ago) and perhaps of the Silurian (as many as 443.8 million years ago). The remains of Lepidodendron and other extinct lycophytes form most of the great coal…
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