Ditrichites

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Ditrichites is an extinct genus of ditrichalean moss described from compression and amber fossils. The genus was first named in 1974 from the compression species Ditrichites fylesi found in the Early Eocene Allenby Formation of British Columbia, Canada. Both additional species have been described from inclusions in amber. The second species, and first amber species, Ditrichites ignotus was named from Late Eocene Baltic amber in northern Europe in 2015. The third named and oldest species, Ditrichites aristatus was identified in 2025 based on mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber out of Myanmar. Given the preserved material, at least one species was suggested to be a terrestrial, ground dwelling, moss.

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