Odonax was a genus of Early Devonian (Early Emsian) zosterophyll with branching axes.[1] It bore kidney-shaped sporangia and spiny branches.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Plesion: | †Zosterophylls |
| Genus: | †Odonax P.Gerrienne, 1996 |
| Species: | †O. borealis
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| †Odonax borealis P.Gerrienne, 1966
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References
edit- ^ Boyce, C.K. (2008). "How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage". Paleobiology. 34 (2): 179–194. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.
- ^ Gerrienne, P (1996). "Lower Devonian plant remains from Marchin (northern margin of Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium). IV. Odonax borealis gen. et sp. nov". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 93 (1–4): 89–106. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(95)00121-2.
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