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Caytonia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Caytoniales

Genus
  
Caytonia Thomas 1925

Division
  
Pteridospermatophyta

Family
  
Caytoniaceae

Caytonia

Similar
  
Caytoniales, Nilssonia, Williamsonia, Bennettitales, Pteridospermatophyta

Caytonia sagenopteris paleontology


Caytonia is an extinct genus of seed ferns.

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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

    Caytonia Wikipedia