Stigmaria
Sign in to saveStigmaria is a form taxon for common fossils found in Carboniferous rocks. They represent the underground rooting structures of arborescent lycophytes such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron under the order Lepidodendrales.
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Stigmaria is a form taxon for common fossils found in Carboniferous rocks. They represent the underground rooting structures of arborescent lycophytes such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron under the order Lepidodendrales.
== Description and morphology == thumb|250px|right|A close-up of the circular scars where the root-like appendages were attached from the stigmarian rhizome. In sandstone. Pottsville Group (Middle Pennsylvanian), Frazeysburg Pit, Muskingum County, Ohio, U.S.
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