Nematoplexus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae (?) |
Phylum: | Nematophyta |
Class: | †Nematophytina |
Order: | †Nematophytales |
Family: | †Nematothalaceae |
Genus: |
Nematoplexus Lyon 1962 |
Nematoplexus rhyniensis is a fossil known from the Rhynie chert assigned to the nematophytes. It comprises a loose mass of coily aseptate tubes. Tubes which may have originated from a Nematoplexus-like plant are known from earlier Silurian sediments.