Caytonia nathorstii is an extinct species of seed ferns.[1]
Description
Caytonia has berry like cupules with numerous small seeds arrayed along axes
Whole plant reconstructions
Different organs attributed to the same original plant can be reconstructed from co-occurrence at the same locality and from similarities in the stomatal apparatus and other anatomical peculiarities of fossilized cuticles.
- Caytonia nathorstii may have been produced by the same plant as Caytonanthus arberi (pollen organs) and Sagenopteris phillipsii (leaves).
References
- ^ Retallack, Greg J; Dilcher, David L (1988). "Reconstructions of Selected Seed Ferns" (PDF). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 75 (3). Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 1045. doi:10.2307/2399379. JSTOR 2399379.
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