Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 04
Abstract
A mature cordaitean cone (picture 1) containing 41 golden coprolites desposited throughout the cone. Coprolites are primiarly composed of cuticle and highly macerated pollen grains of Florinites (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.
Florinites
Mature Cone
Pollen in coprolites are highly macerated.
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
String
Florinites
Coal balls
Coprolites
Cones (Botany)
Geology, Strategraphic--Carboniferous
Geology, Stratigraphic--Pennsylvanian
Conifers, Fossil
Citation
Lakeram, Scott (2019). Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 04. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /187725.