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Fossil equisetum
Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
During the Carboniferous, the age of the “bituminous coal forests,” horsetails grew to gigantic proportions and formed bizarre trees with a height of more than 10 meters. While modern horsetails no longer carry leaves, the Carboniferous representatives clearly show the whorls of true needle-like leaves.
Details
- Title: Fossil equisetum
- Location: Ruhr, Germany
- Type: original
- Rights: Sven Tränkner Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
- size: 30 cm
- scientific name: Calamites
- geological Age: Upper Carboniferous
- age: 305 mil. years
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