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Krithodeophyton Temporal range: Early Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	†Barinophytes
Genus:	†Krithodeophyton D.Edwards
Species:	†K. croftii
Binomial name
†Krithodeophyton croftii D.Edwards (1968)

Krithodeophyton is a genus of lower Devonian plant with branching axes. It is considered to be a barinophyte.

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic position of the barinophytes remains disputed. Kenrick and Crane in 1997 called the group the Barinophytaceae and placed it in their Sawdoniales, well nested within the zosterophylls. Taylor et al. in 2009 considered the barinophytes to be possible lycopsids rather than zosterophylls. Hao and Xue in 2013 suggested that they were not lycopsids, instead falling between this group and the euphyllophytes.

References

1. Brauer, D. F. (1981). "Heterosporous, barinophytacean plants from the Upper Devonian of North America and a discussion of the possible affinities of the Barinophytaceae". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 33 (2–4): 347–362. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(81)90092-0.
2. Cichan, M.; Taylor, T.; Brauer, D. (1984). "Ultrastructural studies of in situ Devonian spores: Protobarinophyton pennsylvanicum Brauer". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 41 (3–4): 167. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(84)90044-7.
3. Kenrick, Paul & Crane, Peter R. (1997). The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Study. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-56098-730-7.
4. Taylor, T.N.; Taylor, E.L. & Krings, M. (2009). Paleobotany, The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants (2nd ed.). Amsterdam; Boston: Academic Press. pp. 325–326. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.
5. Hao, Shougang & Xue, Jinzhuang (2013). The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants. Beijing: Science Press. pp. 55, 246. ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0. Retrieved 2019-10-28.

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