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Taylor, W. A.; Wellman, C. H. (2009). "Ultrastructure of
Enigmatic Phytoclasts (Banded Tubes) from the Silurian-Lower Devonian: Evidence for Affinities and Role in Early Terrestrial Ecosystems".
306:, with all manner of tubes and cell-patterned cuticles from around the Silurian being dubbed "nematophytic" more as a statement of ignorance than as a scientifically meaningful statement.
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are a paraphyletic group of land organisms, probably including some plants as well as algae known only from the
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Edwards, D.; Selden, P. A.; Axe, L. (2012). "Selective
Feeding in an Early Devonian Terrestrial Ecosystem".
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Fayers; Trewin, Nigel H. (2003). "A review of the palaeoenvironments and biota of the
Windyfield chert".
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Lang, W. H. (1937). "On the Plant-Remains from the
Downtonian of England and Wales".
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