Asterophyllites scutigera
UNB-2020-0216Fossils » Eukaryote » Plantae » Pteridophyta » Polypodiopsida » Equisetidae
Description
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Genus: Asterophyllites (Brongniart, 1828)
Species: Asterophyllites scutigera (Dawson, 1862)
Specimen with faint foliage (2.0 cm x 1.1 cm) and partial stem.
Specifications
| Object name | Asterophyllites scutigera |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0216 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Subclass: Equisetidae |
| Composition | Mudstone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Middle Pennsylvanian Age: Westphalian |
| Numeric age | 315 Mya |
| Origin | Lancaster, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- A. T. Brongniart. 1828. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles.. Paris: F. G. Levrault.