Neocalamites
| Neocalamites Temporal range: Triassic to Bathonian | |
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| Neocalamites merianii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Equisetopsida |
| Order: | Equisetales |
| Family: | Calamitaceae |
| Genus: | Neocalamites |
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Neocalamites is an extinct genus of Sphenophytes. Neocalamites, due to being a member of the Calamitales plant family, had its active living geological time during the Triassic period.
Description
Sizes ranged from one to two meters tall and the leaves were arranged concentrically around a thin rod, similar to Annularia or Asterophyllites. Calamite is the name originally given to a part of the stem, but is now used to refer to the whole plant. There are indications that this plant lived in humid places along rivers and shores of lakes.
Location of sites
- Fairly intact fossils have been found in Tasmania.
- Australia
- Various localities in Southern Germany
- Brazil, in Paleorrota geopark.[1]
References
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