Calamitaceae
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Calamitaceae is an extinct family of plants related to the modern horsetail. Some members of this family attained tree-like stature during the Carboniferous Period. The family takes its name from its principal genus Calamites.
Because some proposed species are based on partial fossil records, it is not clear if these are merely different parts of the same type.
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Proposed genera and species of Calamataceae
- Annularia.
- A. stellata.
- Arthropitys.
- Asterophyllum (or Asterophyllites).
- Astromyelon.
- Calamites.
- C. carinatus.
- C. suckowi.
- C. undulatus.
- Calamocarpon.
- Calamostachys.
- C. binneyana.
- Cingularia.
- Mazostachys.
- Paleostachya.
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External links
- Link to information and pictures (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/sphenophyta/calamitaceae.html)
