☆2-1/4 Inch - MAZON CREEK CALAMOSTACHYS Fern Fossil☆ASTEROPHYLLITES☆

Description

Specimen:
CALAMOSTACHYS - the CONE of
ASTEROPHYLLITES EQUISETIFORMIS
Locality: MAZON CREEK, Illinois USA
Asterophyllites equisetiformis is a genus of plants belonging to the family Calamitaceae, a
treelike horsetail plants now extinct, that lived
in swamps and marshlands during the
Carboniferous period,
some 300 to 350 million years ago.
The number of leaves per whorl ranges from 10 to 20, but they can rarely be counted. The leaves of a whorl are of equal length, and generally as long
or slightly longer than the internode length. They are linear, widest in the middle, pointed at the tip, and all arch upward toward the branch apex.
The venation consists of a single, thick midvein.
This is a wonderful 2 Piece Fossil with both Positive and Negative halves
Photographed on a 1 INCH Scale board to show relative size - This is the fossil you will receive.
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See my other Mazon Creek Fossils
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Specimens of fossils that are in my other auctions include:
SPHENOPHYLUM, CALAMITES, ANNULARIA, PECOPTERIS,
PTYCHOCARPUS UNITUS, NEUROPTERIS, ALETHOPTERIS, ASTEROPHYLLITE
These 300 Million Year old fossils were self collected in the 1960's.
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CRYSTALS, MINERALS & FOSSILS
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