Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 17
Abstract
A mature cordaitean cone with pollen clusters between the cone scales (picture 1). Picture 2 shows the ruptured trilete mark of pollen grains from Florinites.
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.
Mature Cone
Ruptured trilete mark Florinites
Mounted peels were made by William C. Darrah.
Subject
Pollen ConeMature Cone
Strobilus
Cordaites
Arthopods
Desmoinian North American Stage (Desmoinesian)
Coal Ball Peels
Pollen clusters
Ruptured Florinites grains
Trilete
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 17. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /187691.