Janegraya

Janegraya Temporal range: Middle Ordovician to Middle Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype of Janegraya sibylla, from Douglas Lake Member of Lenoir Limestone, at Douglas Dam, Tennessee[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Marchantiopsida
Order:	Sphaerocarpales
Family:	Sphaerocarpaceae
Genus:	Janegraya Retallack (2019)<[1]
Type species
Retallack (2019)

Janegraya is a genus of liverwort fossil from the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian, 460 million years old) Douglas Lake Member of the Lenoir Limestone from Douglas Dam Tennessee.^[1] The generic name honors Jane Gray,and the epithet means 'prophetess".

Interpretative sketch of Janegraya sibylla

Periant around spore masses of 'Janegraya sibylla

Spore of Janegraya sibylla

Description[]

Janegraya is a minute fossil balloonwort (Sphaerocarpaceae). Its spores are permanent tetrads closed within a thin perine.

Biological affinities[]

Janegraya is similar to living Sphaerocarpos.

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