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Wattieza was a genus of prehistoric trees that existed in the mid-Devonian that belong to the cladoxylopsids, close relatives of the modern ferns and horsetails. The 2005 (publicly revealed in 2007) discovery in Schoharie County, New York, of fossils from the Middle Devonian (about 385 million years ago) united the crown of Wattieza to a root and trunk known since 1870, the fossilized grove of "Gilboa stumps" discovered at Gilboa, New York, which had been previously described as Eospermatopteris, though the complete plant remained unknown. These fossils have been described as the earliest known trees, standing 8 m (34 ft) or more tall, resembling the unrelated modern tree fern.[1]
Wattieza had fronds rather than leaves,[2] and reproduced with spores.[1]
Silurian, Carboniferous, Paleogene, Neogene, Cambrian
Kingdom (biology), Phylum, Aristotle, Order (biology), Taxon, John Ray
Albany, New York, New York, Capital District, Montgomery County, New York, Albany County, New York
Jurassic, Devonian, Cambrian, Evolution, Cretaceous
Devonian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
Devonian, Silurian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic
List of systems of plant taxonomy, Botanical nomenclature, Botany, Plant ecology, Forestry
Devonian, Maize, Photosynthesis, Permian, Evolutionary biology