Metzgeriothallus

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Metzgeriothallus
Temporal range: Givetian–Lower Mississippian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Genus: Metzgeriothallus
Walton, 1928
Species
  • M. metzgerioides Walton, 1928 (type)
  • VanAller Hernick et al., 2008 M. sharonae

Metzgeriothallus sharonae is the oldest known liverwort fossil, dating to the Middle Devonian.[1] It is a simple, thalloid organism. M. metzgerioides is known from more fragmentary material dating to the Carboniferous of Scotland.[1]

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