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Crescent-cup Liverwort

Lunularia cruciata
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

FACT: The thalloid liverwort has distinct-crescent shaped gemmae cups on the surface of the thalli. A rain droplet will splash out gemmae from cups and away from the parent, resulting in asexual reproduction. 

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Graphic by Jennifer Deol

Ring Pellia

Pellia neesiana
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

FACT: The middle of the thallus is multistratose and is generally where you can find rhizoids. As you near the unistratose margins, the thallus appears somewhat translucent and the edges are often wavy. The sporangium is rounded, and a shoot calyptra is present.

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Graphic by Jennifer Deol

Naked Stem Liverwort

Bazzania denudata
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

FACT: Able to undergo asexual fragments through their cauducous (easily broken off) leaves, resulting in denuded (naked) stems which is why this genus is called denudata.

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Graphic by Jennifer Deol

Yellow-Ladle Liverwort

Scapania bolanderi
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

FACT: This leafy liverwort can be found sharing the trunk of a tree with Lepidozia reptans and Hypnum circinale, and forms turfs on the substratum. The lateral leaves are unequally bilobed, with the dorsal lobe being smaller than the ventral, and have toothed margins; underleaves are absent.

 

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Graphic by Jennifer Deol

Hornwort

Phaeoceros spp.
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

FACT: Like other hornworts, the sporophyte can be seen emerging from the thalloid. Spore dispersal occurs via two lines of dehiscence.

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Graphic by Jennifer Deol

Bifid Crestwort

Lophocolea cuspidata
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

FACT: The lateral leaves of this liverwort are shallowly bilobed and sharply pointed, appearing as devil’s horns. Once a sporophyte emerges from perianth, the sporangium will open via four lines of dehiscence to release spores, a common characteristic in this class of bryophytes. 

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Graphic by Jennifer Deol

Clam

Cretaceous
Scale 3 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 1

The organs of clams are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaur began life on the ground, hatching from eggs.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW […] read more

Clam

Cretaceous
Scale 3 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 1

The organs of clams are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaur began life on the ground, hatching from eggs.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more

Beurlenia

Cretaceous
Scale 2 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 1

This extinct shrimp is named after the German paleontologist Karl Beurlen (1901-1985), who studied fossils in Brazil. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: The earliest pterosaurs were relatively small and robust, with long tails, short necks and jaws lined with teeth.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more