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Pteridophyta Catalog
Listings below are all under the Division name Pteridophyta; under it are the appropriate listings of class, order, and family for each specimen
These plants had xylem and phloem, reproduced with spores and do not produce flowers or seeds.
Pterodphytes was composed of 2 groups: Lycopodiosida (mosses and quillworts) and Polyodiosidea (ferns and horsetails).
What I offer here are from the ferns and horsetails.
4.5 x 5.5 cm
Complete branching frond-like
structure on tan-gray nodule
Pter 1
Class: Filicopsida
Order: Marattiales
Order: Marattiaceae
Dugger Formation, Terre Haute, Indiana, Pennsylvanian
$ 45
Pecopteris first appeared in the Devonian period, but it flourished in the Carboniferous, especially the Pennsylvanian
5.5 x 6.5 cm
Glistening specimen with typical whorling "leaves"
Pter 2 a
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Sphenophyllales
Family: Sphenophyllaceae
Upper Sharp Mountain Member, Pottsville Formation, Underclay of
Buck Mountain # 5 Coal Bed, St. Clair Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanian
$ 40
3.5 x 6 cm
Same as above, but a smaller specimen
with different coloration
Pter 2 b
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Sphenophyllales
Family: Sphenophyllaceae
Upper Sharp Mountain Member, Pottsville Formation, Underclay of
Buck Mountain # 5 Coal Bed, St. Clair Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanian
$ 10
Nodule showing typical radiating (arborescent) horsetail structure; actual specimen is found on one side of the nodule and the impression on the other side; these formed branches and medium sized trees in coal swamps
Pter 3 a
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Dugger Formaton, Big Clifton Mine, Vig County, Indiana, Pennsylanian
$ 40
Same as above with 3 annularia
radiations on rock matrix
Pter 3 b
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Dugger Formaton, Big Clifton Mine, Vig County, Indiana, Pennsylanian
$ 38
Specimen with a reddish black bark-like
impression on black matrix
block measuring 6 x 9 cm
Pter 4
Class: Isoetopsida
Order: Lepidodendrales
Family: Lepidodenraeceae
Roof of Ross Anhracite, Llwewllyn Formation, Pennsyl-Alleghany Series,
Larksbille, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanian
$ 60
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