A new species of leafy calamite stem from the Pennsylvanian (Bolsovian) of the South Wales Coalfield

Abstract

Large leafy calamite stems are very rare in the fossil record. One such leafy stem is described as a new species, Calamites cambrensis, from shales above the No 2 Rhondda Seam in the Bolsovian of the South Wales Coalfield.

Keywords

• calamites foliage
• adpression
• sphenophyta
• no 2 rhondda coal seam
• south wales
• bolsovian
• pennsylvanian