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Gessella

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Gessella
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Haplomitriopsida
Order: Calobryales
Family: Haplomitriaceae
Genus: Gessella
Poulsen, 1974
Species

Gessella communis
Gessella striata

Gessella is a fossil genus of liverworts in the family Haplomitriaceae.[1] All known fossils come from Early Permian deposits of Western Sealand.

References

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  1. ^ Oostendorp, Cora (1987). The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 34. pp. 35–36. ISBN 3-443-62006-X.