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Plant Evolution, Silurian Period, Evolution Of Plants, Extinct Plants, Devonian Period, Plant Life Cycle, Plant Projects, Vascular Plant, Extinct Animals

Cooksonia are some of the earliest known land plants. They existed during the middle Silurian period (Wenlock epoch) and went extinct during the early Devonian period. They are a transitional genus between the bryophytes and vascular plants. Cooksonia was first discovered in Britain, where most of the fossils come from. It thrived around the world. No fossil has been found of a Cooksonia producing gemetes, but rather spores. Cooksonia is one of the oldest plants to have a stem with vascular…

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