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Fossil fern

Calamites non identificata

MVSP-00053
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Common name: Fossil fern
Scientific name: Calamites non identificata
Type: Fossil

Other specimens of preserved Horsetail Bark Fossil.

MVSP-00011

MVSP-00208

MVSP-00030

MVSP-00052

MVSP-00010

MVSP-00014

MVSP-00016

MVSP-00046

MVSP-00015

MVSP-00048

MVSP-00012

MVSP-00206

MVSP-00207

MVSP-00202

MVSP-00201

MVSP-00029

MVSP-00203

MVSP-00067

MVSP-00013

Scientific Classification

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Lepidodendrales
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Genus: Calamites
Species: non identificata
Scientific name: Calamites non identificata

Preserved specimen

Fossil of the medullary region of the bark of a horsetail of the genus Calamites. The specimen is found charred in a siltstone of fine matrix (Manno conglomerate formation). The trunk consists of an anthracitic carbonaceous deposit a few millimeters thick; the characteristic internode connecting the different stems of equisetals is not evident. Other fossils are reported to be present, particularly fern fins that are not very evident.