Name: Sigillariostrobus rhombibracteatus
Geological Time: Carbonierous, Westphalian B, Duckmantian Stage
Size: Cone - 55 mm by 10 mm; Nodule - 61 mm X 35 mm
Fossil Site: Lancashire, United Kingdom
 Sigilliaria
is the name given to a giant Lycopod or scale tree which formed an
important part of the coal swamps of the late Carboniferous which
grew to heights in excess of 30 meters. They differed from the Leidodendron
in having leaf scars arranged in straight rows. This specimen is known
as Sigillariastrobus, a term given to the cones of the giant. They
differ from Lepidostobus, the cones of Lepidodendron, in that they
grew in clusters further back on the branches while those of Lepidodendron
grew singly at the very tips of the branches. |
