Caytonanthus Explained

Caytonanthus is an extinct genus of seed ferns.

Description

Caytonanthus is the polliniferous organ-genus of the Caytoniales, and it is often found along Sagenopteris and Caytonia.Caytonanthus remains have been found in Greenland, UK, Hungary Russia, Poland, India, Antarctica and Argentina.[1] Caytonanthus has simple or multiple orders of branches arrayed along axes, each terminal branch bears one or many synangia, each composed by four, partially fused, pollen sacs.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 1257–1275 . 10.1080/14772019.2018.1535456. 92287804 .
  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 . 1257–1275 . 10.1080/14772019.2018.1535456. 92287804 .

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