Paralycopodites
fossil plant genus
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Paralycopodites is a genus of fossil plants that resemble modern-day lycopods, which are also known as club mosses. These ancient plants lived during the Carboniferous Period, approximately 359 to 299 million years ago. Paralycopodites is related to other extinct genera like Lepidodendron and Lepidophloios. These plants could grow quite large, reaching up to 40 meters (130 feet) in height. They reproduced using spores and lived in the extensive peat-forming swamps of that era.12
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