Annularia Fossil


Fossil of Annularia orifolia, showing the leaves of an extinct horsetail plant, from the Carboniferous Period. Annularia is a form taxon, identifying the shape of the fossil, but not the species. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.


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Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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