Asterophyllites equisetiformis Brongniart

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    Photographer: S. Da Costa : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: PP 35570 [HS, M] Asterophyllites equisetiformis, Moscovian, Francis Creek Shale Member, United States of America, Illinois, Mazon Creek Region
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    Photographer: S. Da Costa : Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: PP 35570 [HS, M] Asterophyllites equisetiformis, Moscovian, Francis Creek Shale Member, United States of America, Illinois, Mazon Creek Region
Catalog Number: PP 35570
Taxonomic Name: Asterophyllites equisetiformis Brongniart
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Sphenophyta
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Identified By: Wittry and Glasspool
Period: Pennsylvanian
Earliest Epoch: Middle Pennsylvanian
Earliest Age: Moscovian
Formation: Carbondale
Member: Francis Creek Shale
Coordinates Available?: No
Region/Area: Mazon Creek Region
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Illinois
County: Grundy
EMu IRN: 2280766
Occurrence ID: becb9f8a-ea98-4ca5-972b-e12414bce5ca

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