Cooksonia pertoni (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Cooksonia pertoni

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The earliest known land plant is Cooksonia pertoni, a tiny plant with a simple structure (no roots or leaves) that lived in the Silurian period 425 million years ago.

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Hans Steur, Ellecom, The Netherlands

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