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Calamites & Drepanophycus

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

t-glb91-04002

Date

2009-11-04

Calamites of varying size (10 to 50 feet tall) populate lowlands near the brackish waters of an inland sea. Closer to the ground at about 6 feet tall is a variety of Drepanophycus, ancient plants that preceded the Calamites by about 20 million years and coexisted with them for another 35 million years.