Plant
Rhynia
Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii was a small early vascular plant with smooth, branching stems.
Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii was a small early vascular plant with smooth, branching stems. Rounded spore-producing structures developed at the tips instead of flowers.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Rhynia at a glance
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- It used sunlight to make organic matter through photosynthesis.
- When it lived
- Early Devonian
- Group
- Rhyniopsida
- Rhyniophytes
Beyond the game
The real Rhynia
Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii was a small early vascular plant with smooth, branching stems. Rounded spore-producing structures developed at the tips instead of flowers.
The Rhynie chert preserves details of its tissues and surrounding ecosystem. Its leafless shoots and terminal spore-producing structures record an early vascular plant body plan.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
PBDB collection 10721 — Rhynie cherts, Tait collection ↗
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Edwards 1986 — Aglaophyton major, a non-vascular land-plant from the Devonian Rhynie Chert
- Kerp — Organs and tissues of Rhynie chert plants
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