Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 03
Abstract
A mature cordaitean cone (picture 6) yeilding 6 golden coprolites, four of which are deposited in a string formation (picture 1). A single small golden coprolite was located in the matrix (picture 3). Pictures 2 and 4 were taken under crossed polarized light showing intact pollen grains having no change in birefringence.
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.
Florinites
Mature Cone
4 golden coprolites deposited in a string.
Mounted peels were made by William C. Darrah.
Subject
Pollen ConeMature Cone
Strobilus
Cordaites
Arthopods
Desmoinian North American Stage (Desmoinesian)
Coal Ball Peels
Golden Coprolites
Cross Polarized Light
Birefringence
Coal balls
Coprolites
Cones (Botany)
Geology, Strategraphic--Carboniferous
Geology, Stratigraphic--Pennsylvanian
Conifers, Fossil
Citation
(2019). Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 03. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /187714.