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Ancestral taxa
Domain: Eukaryota  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Diaphoretickes  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Archaeplastida  [Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom: Plantae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Streptophyta  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Embryophytes /Plantae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Polysporangiophytes /Plantae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Tracheophytes /Plantae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Stem group: Rhyniophytes  [Taxonomy; edit]
Form taxon: Cooksonioidea  [Taxonomy; edit]
Genus: Cooksonia  [Taxonomy; edit]


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Parent: Cooksonioidea [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank: genus (displays as Genus)
Link: Cooksonia
Extinct: yes
Always displayed: yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references: Authority: Lang (1937) emend. Gonez & Gerrienne (2010)
  • Gonez, P. & Gerrienne, P. (2010a), "A New Definition and a Lectotypification of the Genus Cooksonia Lang 1937", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 171 (2): 199–215, doi:10.1086/648988 (Source for authority, circumscription and placement as a tracheophyte.)
Parent's taxonomic references: 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: 179. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.

Hao, Shougang & Xue, Jinzhuang (2013), The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants, Beijing: Science Press, pp. 45, 47, ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0, retrieved 2019-10-25