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Equisetum Similkamense
''Equisetum similkamense'' is an extinct horsetail species in the family Equisetaceae described from a group of whole plant fossils including rhizomes, stems, and leaves. The species is known from Ypresian sediments exposed in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several extinct species placed in the living genus ''Equisetum''. History and classification Fossils of ''Equisetum similkamense'' were collected during field work in 1877 from outcrops of the Allenby Formation along Nine Mile Creek near Princeton. These were examined and described by John William Dawson (1879) as a new species based on stems, leaves, and rhizomes. Dawson did not give an etymology for the species name in the type description, though the type locality of Nine Mile Creek is a tributary of Whipsaw Creek, a tributary in turn of the Similkameen River. Dawson (1890) reprinted his description of the species with some elaboration of the details and included drawn illustrations of representative fossils. ...
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