Caytonia Explained

Caytonia is an extinct genus of seed ferns.

Description

Caytonia has berry-like cupules with numerous small seeds arrayed along axes ^[1]

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.

• Caytonia nathorstii may have been produced by the same plant as Caytonanthus arberi (pollen organs) and Sagenopteris phillipsii (leaves).

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 . 1477–1495 . 10.1080/14772019.2018.1535456. 92287804 .