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Nematoplexus Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Plantae (?) Phylum: Nematophyta Class: †Nematophytina Order: †Nematophytales Family: †Nematothalaceae Genus: Nematoplexus
Lyon 1962[1]Nematoplexus rhyniensis is a fossil known from the Rhynie Chert assigned to the nematophytes.[2] It comprises a loose mass of coily aseptate tubes.[3] Tubes which may have originated from a Nematoplexus-like plant are known from earlier Silurian sediments.[4]
References
- ^ Lyon yr:1962 vol:65 iss:4 pg:79. "On the fragmentary remains of an organism referable to the nematophytales, from the Rhynie chert, ‘Nematoplexus rhyniensis’ gen. et. sp. nov". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISSN 0263-5933.
- ^ Fayers, S.R.; Trewin, N.H. (2007). "A new crustacean from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert, Aberdeenshire, Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 93 (4): 355–382. http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S026359330000047X.
- ^ Burgess, N. D.; Edwards, D. (1988). "A new Palaeozoic plant closely allied to Prototaxites Dawson". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 97 (2): 189–203. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1988.tb02461.x.
- ^ Williams, D. M.; Harkin, J.; Higgs, K. T. (1996). "Implications of new microfloral evidence from the Clew Bay Complex for Silurian relationships in the western Irish Caledonides". Journal of the Geological Society 153 (5): 771. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.153.5.0771.
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