Annularia inflata

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Description

Annularia are the leaves of a horsetail. Horsetails were a common plant in the forests of Illinois 300 million years ago. Some grew to be 60 feet in height.

Object Information

Local ID:

https://db.fieldmuseum.org/ 7d3ee529-6e8e-4ae3-9480-1386623c7677

Collection:

Paleobotany

Citation:

https://db.fieldmuseum.org/7d3ee529-6e8e-4ae3-9480-1386623c7677 PP 46133 Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Tracheophyta

Class:

Polypodiopsida

Order:

Equisetales

Family:

Calamitaceae

Genus:

Annularia

Species:

inflata

Scientific Name:

Annularia inflata