Preliminary report on equisetalean plants from Lidgetton, Natal
Date
1976
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Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
Fossils of Equisetum-like plants from a site near Lidgetton, Natal, South Africa (29"26'S, 30"07' E) are described. These comprise rhizomes bearing roots, stems of varying width showing external and some internal structure (especially nodal markings and vasculature), and ultimate branchlets bearing leaf whorls. No reproductive organs were found. A tentative decision is reached that they are parts of plants of a single genus, perhaps even a single species, and that relationship is closest to Equisetites Sternberg.
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Equistalean; plants; Natal
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