Rhynie Chert Locality
Geological Conservation Review site | GCR #47 | Palaeontology | Palaeozoic Palaeobotany
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Summary
An internationally important locality and probably the most significant palaeobotanical site in Britain. It yields the oldest known land plants in which full anatomical details are preserved, and is thus of paramount importance in an understanding of the early Tracheophyta and of plant evolution. The Rhynie assemblage, of Rhynia, Horneophyton, Nothia and Asteroxylon, has yet to be recorded in the Devonian rocks of any other locality in Britain or globally.
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