Barinophyte

A similar pattern of spore sizes and numbers has been found in the progymnosperm Archaeopteris.Kenrick and Crane in 1997 placed two species of Barinophyton and the genus Protobarinophyton in the Barinophytaceae in their Sawdoniales, well nested within the zosterophylls.[3] A summary cladogram produced by Crane et al. in 2004, shows Barinophyton and Protobarinophyton as 'core' zosterophylls.[4] † Hicklingia Adoketophyton, Discalis, Distichophytum (=Rebuchia), Gumuia, Huia, Zosterophyllum myretonianum, Z. llanoveranum, Z. fertile Zosterophyllum divaricatum, Tarella, Oricilla, Gosslingia, Hsua, Thrinkophyton, Protobarinophyton, Barinophyton obscurum, B. citrulliforme, Sawdonia, Deheubarthia, Konioria, Anisophyton, Serrulacaulis, Crenaticaulis Nothia, Zosterophyllum deciduum extant and extinct members Taylor et al. in 2009 did not present a cladogram, but considered the barinophytes to be possible lycopsids rather than zosterophylls.[2] By contrast, Hao and Xue in 2013 do not even place Dibracophyton, which they consider to be a possible barinophyte, within the lycopodiopsids, instead putting it between this group and the euphyllophytes.
Scientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesvascular plantszosterophyllslycopodiopsidsBarinophytonProtobarinophytonexarchprotostelesporangiaprogymnospermArchaeopterisSawdonialeslycophytesHicklingiaAdoketophytonDiscalisDistichophytumGumuiaZosterophyllumTarellaOricillaGosslingiaThrinkophytonSawdoniaDeheubarthiaKonioriaAnisophytonSerrulacaulisCrenaticaulisNothialycopsidseuphyllophytesLycopodiopsidaBracteophytonKrithodeophytonpaleobotany