Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 08A

Abstract

A string of 3 golden coprolites composed of mascerated Florinites near cone A (picture 1 and 3), both cone A (picture 2) and cone B (picture 4) are mature. A pollen mass can be found in the matrix above the coprolite string (picture 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.
Cones A and B are Mature cones.
Pollen in coprolites are highly macerated.
Golden coprolites are deposited in a string and located near cone A.
Mounted peels were made by William C. Darrah.

Keywords

Pollen Cone, Mature Cone, Strobilus, Cordaites, Arthopods, Desmoinian North American Stage (Desmoinesian), Coal Ball Peels, Golden Coprolites, String, Pollen Mass In Matrix

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