Aberlemnia
| Aberlemnia Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Streptophyta |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Polysporangiophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Genus: | †Aberlemnia Gonez & Gerrienne (2010) |
| Type species | |
| Aberlemnia caledonica Gonez & Gerrienne (2010) | |
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Aberlemnia is a genus of extinct vascular plants of the Early Devonian (around 420 to 390 million years ago), which consisted of leafless stems with terminal spore-forming organs (sporangia). Fossils found in Scotland were initially described as Cooksonia caledonica. A later review, which included new and more complete fossils from Brazil, showed that the specimens did not fit the circumscription of the genus Cooksonia; accordingly a new genus Aberlemnia was proposed.
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