Gessella

{{Short description|Extinct genus of liverworts}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Early Permian | image = | taxon = Gessella | authority = C.Poulsen<ref name=bryonames/> | type_species = Gessella communis | type_species_authority = C.Poulsen<ref name=Paulsen/> | subdivision_ref = <ref name=bryonames>{{Cite bryonames|genus=†Gessella|access-date = 21 November 2024}}</ref> | subdivision = {{Linked species list | †Gessella communis | C.Poulsen | †Gessella striata | C.Poulsen }} }}

'''''Gessella''''' is a fossil genus of liverworts in the family Haplomitriaceae.<ref name=Oostendorp>{{cite book | last = Oostendorp | first = Cora | year = 1987 | title = The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic | pages = 35–36 | series = Bryophytorum Bibliotheca '''34''' | isbn = 3-443-62006-X }}</ref> Fossils were found in Early Permian deposits of Western Sealand.<ref name=Paulsen>{{Cite journal | last1 = Paulsen | first1 = Christian | date = 1974 | title = Further contributions to the knowledge of the Palaeozoic of Slagelse no. 1, Western Sealand | volume = 101 | journal = Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse II. Række | publisher = Geological Survey of Denmark | doi = 10.34194/raekke2.v101.6892 | doi-access = free | lang = en }}</ref>

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Category:Calobryales Category:Permian plants Category:Liverwort genera Category:Prehistoric plant genera