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New records of fertile Rhyniophytina from the late Silurian of Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. Edwards  and
E. C. W. Rogerson
D. Edwards
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University College, P.O. Box 78, Cardiff CF1 1XL
E. C. W. Rogerson
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University College, P.O. Box 78, Cardiff CF1 1XL
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Summary

Whitcliffian and Downtonian macroplants of rhyniophyte morphology are described from Capel Horeb Quarry, Powys, Wales. Both floras contain Hostinetla Stur, Cooksonia Lang and Steganotheca Edwards. They are briefly compared with others of similar age, and the contribution, particularly of the Whitcliffian assemblage, to our knowledge on the early colonisation of the land by vascular plants is discussed.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 116 , Issue 2 , March 1979 , pp. 93 - 98
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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