Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Unmounted Peels, Wild Cones. Peel 22

Abstract

Cone maturity is as follows- cone A, taphonomically degraded (picture 1); cone B, basal section (picture 2); cone C, basal section (picture 3); cone D, mature (picture 4). A single golden coprolite was identified in the matrix (picture 5).

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 unmounted peels of coal balls.
Cone A is a degraded cone.
Cone B and C are basal sections.
Cone D is a mature cone.
A golden coprolite was identified in the matrix.
Peels were made by Anne Raymond, the advisor for this thesis.

Keywords

Mature Cone, Basal Section, Strobilus, Cordaites, Arthopods, Desmoinian North American Stage (Desmoinesian), Coal Ball Peels, Golden Coprolite

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