Paleopyrenomycites is a Devonian genus of fungus of uncertain phylogenetic affinity within the Pezizomycotina total group,[1] known from the Rhynie chert.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Genus: | †Paleopyrenomycites |
| Species: | †P. devonicus
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| †Paleopyrenomycites devonicus Taylor, Hass, Kerp, Krings et Hanlin 2005
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- ^ Beimforde, C.; Feldberg, K.; Nylinder, S.; Rikkinen, J.; Tuovila, H.; Dörfelt, H.; Gube, M.; Jackson, D. J.; Reitner, J.; Seyfullah, L. J.; Schmidt, A. R. (2014). "Estimating the Phanerozoic history of the Ascomycota lineages: Combining fossil and molecular data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 78: 386–398. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.024. PMID 24792086.
- ^ Taylor, TN; Hass, H; Kerp, H; Krings, M; Hanlin, RT (2005). "Perithecial ascomycetes from the 400 million year old Rhynie chert: an example of ancestral polymorphism" (PDF). Mycologia. 97 (1): 269–285. doi:10.3852/mycologia.97.1.269. hdl:1808/16786. PMID 16389979.