Cordaitean Predation Photos 2019: Mounted Peels, Harvard Collection. Plate 11

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2019

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Abstract

A mature cordaitean cone (picture 1) containing 10 small golden coprolites (picture 2). A large oblong golden and a brown coprolite coprolite possibly produced by an insect is located in the matrix.

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.
Mature Cone
The image contains 10 small golden coprolites in the picture cone, 1 large golden coprolite and 1 brown corpolite in the matrix.
Mounted peels were made by William C. Darrah.

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Pollen Cone, Mature Cone, Strobilus, Cordaites, Arthopods, Desmoinian North American Stage (Desmoinesian), Coal Ball Peels, Golden Coprolites, String, Large Golden Coprolite, Insect, Brown Coprolite

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