Walchia
Sign in to saveWalchia is a primitive fossil conifer found in upper Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) and lower Permian (about 310-290 Mya) rocks of Europe and North America. A forest of in-situ Walchia tree-stumps is located on the Northumberland Strait coast at Brule, Nova Scotia.
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Walchia is a primitive fossil conifer found in upper Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) and lower Permian (about 310-290 Mya) rocks of Europe and North America. A forest of in-situ Walchia tree-stumps is located on the Northumberland Strait coast at Brule, Nova Scotia.
Besides the Walchia forest, fallen tree trunks, and leaflet impressions, the forest, fossil-rich layer contains numerous, 4-legged, tetrapod fossil trackways. thumb|left| Walchia trunk
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Carboniferous life of EuropeCarboniferous life of North AmericaCarboniferous plantsConifer generaFossil trackwaysPaleozoic life of Nova ScotiaPaleozoic life of NunavutPaleozoic life of Prince Edward IslandPennsylvanian first appearancesPennsylvanian plantsPermian extinctionsPermian life of EuropePermian life of North AmericaPermian plantsPrehistoric gymnosperm generaVoltziales