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A New Anatomically-Preserved Plant From The Lower Devonian Of Quebec (Canada): Implications For Euphyllophyte Phylogeny And Early Evolution Of Structural Complexity, Selin Toledo
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An abrupt transition in the fossil record between Early Devonian plants with simple structure and structurally-complex later Devonian plants, has frustrated efforts to understand patterns of phylogeny across the Early/Middle Devonian boundary and the evolution of complex forms. Both these aspects have important implications for lignophyte and seed plant evolution. In the first chapter, I evaluate phylogenetic relationships between the earliest seed plants, Aneurophytales, and Stenokoleales, using comprehensive taxon sampling (28 species, including all relevant permineralized species) and a set of 40 discrete and nine continuous morpho-anatomical characters. Analysis of this dataset supports the three traditional taxonomic groups (seed plants, …