Iridopteridales

Extinct order of ferns

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Iridopteridales Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Upper Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Pteridophyta (?)
Class:	†Cladoxylopsida
Order:	†Iridopteridales
Genera
†Arachnoxylon †Compsocradus †Iridopteris †Metacladophyton †Ibyka †Serripteris †Asteropteris †Anapaulia †Keraphyton^[1] †Rotoxylon

Iridopteridales is an order of the extinct cladoxylopsids. It contains the genus Ibyka which is a possible ancestor of the horsetails.^[2]

References

^ Champreux A, Meyer-Berthaud B, Decombeix A. 2020. Keraphyton gen. nov., a new Late Devonian fern-like plant from Australia. PeerJ 8:e9321 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9321
^ Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants . Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8 , p. 398-400.