Iridopteridales

Iridopteridales
Temporal range: Middle Devonian to Upper Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Cladoxylopsida
Order: †Iridopteridales
Genera

Arachnoxylon
Compsocradus
Iridopteris
Metacladophyton
Ibyka
Serripteris
Asteropteris
Anapaulia
Rotoxylon

Iridopteridales is an order of the extinct cladoxylopsids. It contains the genus Ibyka which is a possible ancestor to horsetails.[1]

References

  1. Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants . Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8 , p. 398-400.
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