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Calamite plant of the Carboniverous period on white background.

Calamites are a type of horsetail plant that lived in the coal swamps of the Carboniferous Period. They were prehistoric relatives of the modern horse tail, but looked more like a pine tree and grew up to 40 to 100 feet.

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Title: Calamite plant of the Carboniverous period on white background.

Caption: Calamites are a type of horsetail plant that lived in the coal swamps of the Carboniferous Period. They were prehistoric relatives of the modern horse tail, but looked more like a pine tree and grew up to 40 to 100 feet.

Category: PALEONTOLOGY

Credit: Album / Stocktrek Images / Corey Ford

Image size: 4260 × 4260 px | 51.9 MB

Print size: 36.1 × 36.1 cm | 1677.2 × 1677.2 in (300 dpi)

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