Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Unmounted Peels, Wild Cones. Plate 3B

Abstract

Cone maturity is as follows- cone A, immature (picture 1); cone B, taphonomically degraded (picture 2, left); cone C, basal section (picture 3, right). A single golden coprolite and 3 brown coprolites were identified in the matrix. Plate 3B is a successive peel taken from the same coal ball as plate 3A.

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.
Cones A is an immature cone.
Cone B is a degraded cone.
Cone C is a basal section.
Peels were made by Anne Raymond, the advisor for this thesis.

Keywords

Immature Cone, Degraded cone, Basal Section, Strobilus, Cordaites, Arthopods, Desmoinian North American Stage (Desmoinesian), Coal Ball Peels, Golden Coprolite, Brown Coprolite

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