Caytonia Nathorstii
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''Caytonia nathorstii'' is an extinct species of
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Description

''Caytonia'' has berry like cupules with numerous small seeds arrayed along axes


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).


References

Fossil record of plants Jurassic plants Pteridospermatophyta {{jurassic-plant-stub