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The age of the earliest club mosses: the SilurianBaragwanathia flora in Victoria, Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2000

R. B. RICKARDS

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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK

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It is argued that there is overwhelming evidence from a good graptolite record that the earliest club mosses on Earth were of Gorstian (Ludlow, Silurian) age, and thatBaragwanathia longifolia Lang & Cookson and its associated flora persisted through the Přídolí and into the early Devonian, showing some changes during this time.

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Information: Geological Magazine ,Volume 137 ,Issue 2, March 2000, pp. 207 - 209
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800003800[Opens in a new window]
Copyright: © 2000 Cambridge University Press

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