''Lycopodolica'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of extinct plants of the Late Silurian (, around ). Fossils were found in the Rashkov Beds in

Podolia Podolia or Podillia is a historic region in Eastern Europe located in the west-central and southwestern parts of Ukraine and northeastern Moldova (i.e. northern Transnistria). Podolia is bordered by the Dniester River and Boh River. It features ...

in modern Ukraine. Plants there are preserved as compressions without internal detail. ''Lycopodolica'' had stems (axes) which appear to have branched and which are covered with lax, hair- or thread-like outgrowths. Considered to be a

lycophyte The lycophytes, when broadly circumscribed, are a group of vascular plants that include the clubmosses. They are sometimes placed in a division Lycopodiophyta or Lycophyta or in a subdivision Lycopodiophytina. They are one of the oldest lineag ...

, ''Lycopodolica'' differs from '' Baragwanathia'' in the nature of its outgrowths or enations. It was listed as a

lycopsid Lycopodiopsida is a class of vascular plants also known as lycopsids, lycopods, or lycophytes. Members of the class are also called clubmosses, firmosses, spikemosses and quillworts. They have dichotomously branching stems bearing simple leaves ...

by Hao and Xue in 2013.

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Silurian plants Prehistoric lycophytes Prehistoric lycophyte genera {{paleo-lycophyte-stub