Calamites sp.
UNB-2020-0280Fossils » Eukaryote » Plantae » Pteridophyta » Polypodiopsida » Equisetidae
Description
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Genus: Calamites (Suckow, 1784)
Three specimens; Two specimens are of the stem with thin, vertical ribbing and faint coal seams on the larger specimen. The smaller specimen is of the root. The specimen is slightly curved, has vertical ribbing and prominent transverse nodes.
Specifications
| Object name | Calamites sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0280 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Subclass: Equisetidae |
| Composition | Fine-grained Sandstone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Middle Pennsylvanian Age: Westphalian |
| Numeric age | 315 Mya |
| Origin | Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- G. A. Suckow. 1784. Descriptio Calamitarum. Beschreibung eimiger merkwiirdigen abdriicke von der art der fogenaunten Calamiten. Historia et Commentationes. Acta Academiae Theodoro-Palatinae.