Fossil plant with exceptional preservation!! - Horsetail (Equisetales) - Fossilised plant - Asterophyllites equisetiformis (SCHLOTHEIM; BRONGNIART, 1828) - 142 mm - 80 mm

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Scientific name Asterophyllites equisetiformis; Specimen: fossil plant with exceptional preservation; Geological Period: Carboniferous Pennsylvanian (323.2–298.9 Ma); Origin: Graissessac, Hérault, France; Condition: Natural.

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Spectacular fossil plant of the class Equisetopsida. The preparation of the specimen was very laborious, preserving the finest details of the plant.
Asterophyllites measurements: 125 x 35 mm
Asterophyllites equisetiformis has a cylindrical stem, with a variable number of whorls that appear increasingly closer together as they approach the apex of the stem. Each whorl has lanceolate-shaped leaves, with a conspicuous central nerve, measuring 10-25 mm, slightly wider than the stem, and inserted slightly obliquely, with the bases fused, forming an elliptical nodal area.
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Spectacular fossil plant of the class Equisetopsida. The preparation of the specimen was very laborious, preserving the finest details of the plant.
Asterophyllites measurements: 125 x 35 mm
Asterophyllites equisetiformis has a cylindrical stem, with a variable number of whorls that appear increasingly closer together as they approach the apex of the stem. Each whorl has lanceolate-shaped leaves, with a conspicuous central nerve, measuring 10-25 mm, slightly wider than the stem, and inserted slightly obliquely, with the bases fused, forming an elliptical nodal area.
Plastic support included.

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Specimen
Fossil plant with exceptional preservation!! - Horsetail (Equisetales)
Scientific name
Asterophyllites equisetiformis (SCHLOTHEIM; BRONGNIART, 1828)
Country of Origin
Graissessac, Hérault, France
Geological Period
Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)
Condition
Natural
Weight
401 g
Height
142 mm
Width
80 mm
Depth
15 mm
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