Plant
Archaeopteris
Archaeopteris hibernica belonged to an extinct group that combined woody growth with fern-like foliage.
Archaeopteris hibernica belonged to an extinct group that combined woody growth with fern-like foliage. Its leafy branches reveal a forest very different from one dominated by modern flowering trees.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Archaeopteris at a glance
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- It used sunlight to make organic matter through photosynthesis.
- When it lived
- Late Devonian
- Group
- Progymnospermopsida
- Progymnosperms
Beyond the game
The real Archaeopteris
Archaeopteris hibernica belonged to an extinct group that combined woody growth with fern-like foliage. Its leafy branches reveal a forest very different from one dominated by modern flowering trees.
Fossil foliage and attached woody material connect its fern-like branches to a tree-like plant. It reproduced through spores rather than flowers and seeds.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- GSI catalogue of type, figured and cited fossils: Archaeopteris hibernica GSI:F06892/F06247
- Beck 1962 — Reconstructions of Archaeopteris, and further consideration of its phylogenetic position
Original English Dinosgacha educational summaries informed by the linked scientific and museum references; source publications retain their own rights.