firsts terrestrial plant to develop a vascular tissue
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ᴘᴛᴇʀɪᴅᴏᴘʜʏᴛᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛᴇʀʀᴇsᴛʀɪᴀʟ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴘᴏssᴇss ᴠᴀsᴄᴜʟᴀʀ ᴛɪssᴜᴇs – xʏʟᴇᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʜʟᴏᴇᴍ.
Cooksonia is often regarded as the earliest known fossil of a vascular land plant, and dates from just 425 million years ago in the late Early Silurian. It was a small plant, only a few centimetres high. Its leafless stems had sporangia (spore-producing structures) at their tips.
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