Bitelaria

Bitelaria; Temporal range: Early Devonian–Mid Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Genus:	†Bitelaria; Istchenko and Istchenko, 1979
Synonyms
	Donotela fistulata Istchenko and Istchenko ;

Bitelaria is a monospecific genus of extinct vascular plants described from outcrops of the Early Devonian Campbellton Formation in New Brunswick, Canada and Middle Devonian outcrops in the Voronezh region of Russia.^[1] B. dubjanski is characterized by thick-walled, dichotomously branched tubular axes and thick cuticles with possible lenticel-like eruptions. The unusual external morphology of the plant distinguishes it from other vascular plants and is thus placed in Tracheophyta incertae sedis.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Johnson, N. G. (1992). "The cuticular epithelium of Bitelaria, an Early Devonian vascular plant from New Brunswick, Canada". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 153 (4): 646–657. doi:10.1086/297085. JSTOR 2995584. S2CID 85213585.

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[Johnson_and_Gensel_1992-1] Johnson, N. G. (1992). "The cuticular epithelium of Bitelaria, an Early Devonian vascular plant from New Brunswick, Canada". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 153 (4): 646–657. doi:10.1086/297085. JSTOR 2995584. S2CID 85213585.

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v t e Early land flora
Related links	Evolutionary history of plants Rhynie chert
The first...?	Vascular plant, Cooksonia Tree, Wattieza Lycophytes, the Drepanophycales and the zosterophylls Fungus fossil, Ornatifilum Lichen, Spongiophyton
Enigmatic taxa	Cuticular remains: Bitelaria Cosmochlaina Nematothallus Orestovia Protosalvinia Spongiophyton Other: Pachytheca Prototaxites.
Sister taxa	Green algae: Charophyta, from which land plants evolved Chaetocladus, an early alga

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