What is "horneophyton"

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.

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.