Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants

• Similar to genus Rhynia but smaller

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Horneophyton , a member of the Horneophytopsida , is an extinct early plant which may form a "missing link" between the hornworts and the Rhyniopsida . It is among the most abundant organisms found in the Rhynie chert , a Devonian Lagerstätte in Scotland. ...

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Horneophyton \Horneophyton\ n. A genus of Devonian fossil plants considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; it is similar to genus Rhynia but smaller. Syn: genus Horneophyton .