Caytonia

<i>Caytonia</i>

Caytonia

Extinct genus of seed ferns

Caytonia is an extinct genus of seed ferns.

A complete reconstruction of Caytonia nathorstii plant Retallack and Dilcher 1988[1]

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Description

Caytonia has berry-like cupules with numerous small seeds arrayed along axes [2]

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.


References

  1. [1]
    Retallack, G.J.; Dilcher, D.L. (1988). "Reconstructions of selected seed ferns". Missouri Botanical Garden Annals. 75 (3): 1010–1057. doi:10.2307/2399379. JSTOR 2399379.
  2. [2]
    Elgorriaga, A.; Escapa, I. H.; Cúneo, R. (2019). "Southern Hemisphere Caytoniales: vegetative and reproductive remains from the Lonco Trapial Formation (Lower Jurassic), Patagonia". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (17): 1477–1495. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1535456. S2CID 92287804.


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