Fossil plant with exceptional preservation!! - Horsetail (Equisetales) - Fossilised plant - Asterophyllites equisetiformis (SCHLOTHEIM; BRONGNIART, 1828) - 150 mm - 85 mm

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Asterophyllites equisetiformis (SCHLOTHEIM; BRONGNIART, 1828), specimen: fossil plant with exceptional preservation – horsetail (equisetales); Geological period: Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2–298.9 million years ago); Condition: Natural.

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Spectacular fossil plant of the horsetail class. There are two spectacular branches. The preparation of the specimen was very laborious, preserving the finest details of the plant.
Largest measurements for Asterophyllites: 110 x 25 mm
Asterophyllites equisetiformis has a cylindrical stem, with a variable number of verticils that appear increasingly closer together the nearer they are to the tip of the stem. Each verticill has lanceolate leaves, with a conspicuous central midrib, 10-25 mm long, slightly wider than the stem, and they insert slightly obliquely, with the bases fused, forming an elliptical contoured nodal area.
Plastic stand included.

Spectacular fossil plant of the horsetail class. There are two spectacular branches. The preparation of the specimen was very laborious, preserving the finest details of the plant.
Largest measurements for Asterophyllites: 110 x 25 mm
Asterophyllites equisetiformis has a cylindrical stem, with a variable number of verticils that appear increasingly closer together the nearer they are to the tip of the stem. Each verticill has lanceolate leaves, with a conspicuous central midrib, 10-25 mm long, slightly wider than the stem, and they insert slightly obliquely, with the bases fused, forming an elliptical contoured nodal area.
Plastic stand included.

Details

Number of objects
1
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
457 g
Height
150 mm
Width
85 mm
Depth
16 mm
Authenticity
Original/official
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