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Plant: Chaleuria cirrosa Andrews, Gensel and Forbes

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Triple colour image of brown rocks with fossilized, tree-like plants and drawing of plant in center
Plant: Chaleuria cirrosa Andrews, Gensel and Forbes. Devonian. Dalhousie Junction, New Brunswick. Collector: P.G. Gensel, c. 1980. New Brunswick Museum (NBMG 3562). Image width (left) 14 cm; Image width (right) 9 cm. This genus of plants was named after the Bay of Chaleur where the fossils were first found. The genus and only species known at the time was described in 1974. The plant has a main axis with densely spiraled branches.