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    gymnosperms. Archaeopteris reproduced by releasing spores rather than by producing seeds, but some of the species, such as Archaeopteris halliana were...
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    leaves. Archaeopteris macilenta leaves and fertile shoots are attached to wood which when permineralized is called Callixylon newberryi. Archaeopteris is retained...
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    present, including roots, leaves and secondary wood in trees such as Archaeopteris. The Carboniferous Period saw the development of forests in swampy environments...
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    trunks, fronds, and roots. The earliest tree was once thought to be Archaeopteris, which bears simple, fern-like leaves spirally arranged on branches...
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    ferns, from earlier progymnosperms), first trees (the progymnosperm Archaeopteris), and first winged insects (palaeoptera and neoptera). Strophomenid...
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    Middle Devonian (about 385 million years ago). Prior to this discovery, Archaeopteris was the earliest known tree. Both of these reproduced by spores rather...
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    several separate lineages of vascular plants, in progymnosperms like Archaeopteris, in Sphenopsida, ferns and later in the gymnosperms and angiosperms...
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    of progymnosperms gave rise to the first really large trees known as Archaeopteris. The latest surviving group of progymnosperms is the Noeggerathiales...
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    accompanied by the progymnosperms, including the first large trees Archaeopteris. The Late Devonian extinction probably also resulted in osteolepiform...
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    was later discovered to be a member of the same family as the genus Archaeopteris. It was a series of pieces that were eventually reconstructed to form...
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    the herbaceous genus Equisetum, the only living sphenophyte genus. Archaeopteris Elgorriaga, A.; Escapa, I.H.; Rothwell, G.W.; Tomescu, A.M.F.; Cúneo...
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    cladoxylopsid plants like Calamophyton. Appeared in the Late Devonian, Archaeopteris was both tree-like and fern-like plant, growing to 20 metres (66 ft)...
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    greatly magnify the role of plants on the global scale. In particular, Archaeopteris forests expanded rapidly during the closing ages of the Devonian. These...
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    arborescent, woody vascular plant, the cladoxylopsids and progymnosperm Archaeopteris. These tracheophytes were able to grow to large size on dry land because...
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    Lepidodendron, showing dichotomous branching at the top of the trunk Archaeopteris Carboniferous Evolutionary history of plants Fossil Grove Glossopteris...
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    Devonian (~370 million years ago) some free-sporing plants such as Archaeopteris had secondary vascular tissue that produced wood and had formed forests...
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    demonstrated that the fossil wood known as Callixylon and the leaves known as Archaeopteris were actually part of the same plant. In 1917, he studied kukersite...
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    the Aztec Siltstone, there is a strong indication that the trees were Archaeopteris-Callixylon. In upper New York State, there have been Devonian trees...
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  • Name Species Location Age Notes Callixylon tree Archaeopteris Ada, Oklahoma, US 250,000,000 Discovered on a farm it was the largest example of a petrified...
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    D C P T J K Pg N Reconstruction of the extinct progymnosperm plant Archaeopteris macilenta based on fossils from the Catskill Mountains of New York....
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  • land animal from Gondwana, and a diverse flora of plants including Archaeopteris notosaria, Africa's earliest woody tree. In addition to numerus undescribed...
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    sandstones. There is a fossil assemblage containing Cyclostigma and Archaeopteris and Archaeopteris hibernica. Most of the county is principally limestone of the...
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  • have contributed to the Late Devonian extinction event as early tree Archaeopteris drew down CO2 levels, leading to global cooling and lowered sea levels...
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    New York State Museum discovered more fossils of Cladoxylopsida and Archaeopteris in a quarry in Cairo, New York. A recent (2017) discovery in Xinjiang...
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  • Examples: Archaeopteryx ("ancient wing"); Archaeoindris ("ancient Indri"); Archaeopteris ("ancient fern"); Archaeanthus ("ancient flower") -arctos, arcto-: Pronunciation:...
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  • have true roots and leaves, and many were quite tall. The tree-like Archaeopteris, ancestral to the gymnosperms, and the giant cladoxylopsid trees had...
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    Labyrinthodontia, the group that now includes reptiles and mammals. Archaeopteris (fern-like trees), Tiktaalik (lungfish) walks on land. Ichthyostega...
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  • †Annularia stellata †ArchaeopterisArchaeopteris halliana †Archaeopteris hibernica †Archaeopteris macilenta †Archaeopteris obusa †Archaeopteris sphenophyllifolia...
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  • †Aphyllopteris †ArchaeopterisArchaeopteris halliana †Archaeopteris hibernica †Archaeopteris macilenta †Archaeopteris obtusa †Archaeopteris sphenophyllifolia...
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    miospores are known from this member. Examples of which include Hostinella, Archaeopteris, Retusotriletes rugulatus, and Ancyrospora. Palynological studies indicate...
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