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Sigillaria

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Sigillaria (sĭjĭlâr`ēə), genus of fossil club moss allied to Lepidodendron Lepidodendron (lĕp'ĭdōdĕn`drən) and Sigillaria
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, abundant in the Carboniferous period. The thick trunk was rarely branched and was covered for several feet from the top with erect leaves that were larger than those of Lepidodendron; the leaf scars were in vertical rows. The fossilized root stocks of Sigillaria, as of Lepidodendron, are known as stigmaria. Club mosses are classified in the division Lycopodiophyta Lycopodiophyta (lī'kōpō'dēŏf`ətə)
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