| Thrinkophyton | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Plesion: | †Zosterophylls |
| Genus: | †Thrinkophyton |
Thrinkophyton was a genus ofEarly Devonian land plant with branching axes.[2] Known fossils are ofLochkovian toPragian age (420 to 411 million years ago).[3]
A cladogram published in 2004 by Crane et al. placesThrinkophyton in the core of aparaphyleticstem group of broadly defined "zosterophylls", basal to thelycopsids (living and extinct clubmosses and relatives).[4]
| lycophytes |
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Hao and Xue in 2013 listed the genus as a zosterophyll.[1]
