Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 71
Abstract
A mature cordaitean cone. A large golden (> 1 mm) and brown (>200 microns) coprolite possibly produced by an insect was identified in the matrix (picture 2 and 3).
Description
These images were used in the research for a master's thesis from the Texas A&M University Dept. of Geology and Geophysics (Date of submission: May 2020).Images were taken from slides on loan from the Harvard Paleobotanical Herbarium.
A Mature cone.
A large golden (> 1 mm) and brown (>200 microns) coprolite possibly produced by an insect was identified in the matrix.
Mounted peels were made by William C. Darrah.
Subject
Mature ConeStrobilus
Cordaites
Arthopods
Desmoinian North American Stage (Desmoinesian)
Coal Ball Peels
Golden Coprolites
Brown Coprolite
Insect
Coal balls
Cones (Botany)
Geology, Strategraphic--Carboniferous
Geology, Stratigraphic--Pennsylvanian
Conifers, Fossil
Citation
Lakeram, Scott (2019). Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 71. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /187664.