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Fossil horsetail

Calamites non identificata

MVSP-00030
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Common name: Fossil horsetail
Scientific name: Calamites non identificata
Type: Fossil

Other specimens of preserved Horsetail Bark Fossil.

MVSP-00011

MVSP-00208

MVSP-00052

MVSP-00053

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 formed by clay classes of fine matrix (Manno conglomerate formation). The trunk consists of an anthracitic carbonaceous deposit involving the entire thickness of the specimen. The preservation of the specimen is good even though it is only the counter impression; it was not possible to ascribe its species with certainty.