Arthropitys

Arthropitys
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Late Triassic,
318.1–247.2 Ma Bashkirian–Olenekian
A. bistriata fossils from Chemnitz in 1964
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: †Calamitaceae
Genus: †Arthropitys
Frenzel, 1751
Species

Arthropitys is an extinct genus of calamitacean equisetale.[3] The petrified fossils of Arthropitys bistriata, the type species, can be found in the Leukersdorf Formation, Chemnitz petrified forest, Chemnitz, Germany.[4] The genus existed from the Carboniferous (Bashkirian)[5] until the Early Triassic (Olenekian).[6]

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  2. ^ Fayao Chen; Xiao Shi; Jianxin Yu; Hongfei Chi; Jun Zhu; Hui Li; Cheng Huang (2018). "Permineralized calamitean axes from the Upper Permian of Xinjiang, Northwest China and its paleoecological implication". Journal of Earth Science. 29 (2): 237–244. doi:10.1007/s12583-017-0941-3. S2CID 133735122.
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  6. ^ I. A. Dobruskina. (1982). Triassic Floras of Eurasia. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Transactions 365:1-196