Lepidodendron Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
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External mold of Lepidodendron from the Pennsylvanian of Ohio. | |
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Genus: | Lepidodendron |
Lepidodendron is an extinct genus of primitive (tree-like) plant. They were the first large land plants, and a major part of the coal forest tropical flora.
They were huge, over 30 metres (100 feet), and the trunks were often over 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter.
Sometimes called 'giant club mosses', they are actually closer to the quillworts Isoetes than to clubmosses.
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