Foozia

Foozia; Temporal range: Emsian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Pteridophyta (?)
Class:	†Cladoxylopsida
Genus:	†Foozia
Species:	†F. minuta
Binomial name
	†Foozia minuta; Gerrienne, 1992

Foozia was a genus of vascular Emsian (Lower Devonian) land plant with a main axis and a number of branches that sub-divide at most once.^[1] Some of these bear oval to semicircular sporangia containing , whereas the sterile branches may represent an early foray into leaf-formation.^[1] The only known fossils herald from Belgium.^[1] It is currently unclassified.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Gerrienne, P (1992). "The Emsian plants from Fooz-Wépion (Belgium). III. Foozia minuta gen. Et spec. Nov., a new taxon with probable cladoxylalean affinities". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 74 (1–2): 139–157. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(92)90142-4.
^ "Bois Collet Quarry-2 (Devonian of Belgium)". paleodb.org. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

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[Gerrienne1992-1] Gerrienne, P (1992). "The Emsian plants from Fooz-Wépion (Belgium). III. Foozia minuta gen. Et spec. Nov., a new taxon with probable cladoxylalean affinities". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 74 (1–2): 139–157. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(92)90142-4.

[2] "Bois Collet Quarry-2 (Devonian of Belgium)". paleodb.org. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

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