Calamites
Extinct genus of vascular plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Calamities.
Calamites is a genus of extinct arborescent (tree-like) horsetails to which the modern horsetails (genus Equisetum) are closely related.[1] Unlike their herbaceous modern cousins, these plants were medium-sized trees, growing to heights of 30–50 meters (100–160 feet).[2] They were components of the understories of coal swamps of the Carboniferous Period (around 360 to 300 million years ago).
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Calamites | |
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A range of Calamites specimens, illustrating the different appearance of fossils preserved under different taphonomic modes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Subclass: | Equisetidae |
Order: | Equisetales |
Family: | †Calamitaceae |
Genus: | †Calamites |
Species | |
Calamites carinatus |
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