Lepidodendrids
Asolanus camptotaenia
Lepidophloios acerosus – new species in my collection.
Halonia tortuosa - specific Lepidophloios stem area where halonial shoots are placed.
Lepidostrobus - Lepidodendron cone
Lepidodendron dichotomum - rare species.
Lepidodendron aculeatum – leaf cushion mix (released at the appropriate time).
Old (matured) bark of Lepidodendron aculeatum.
I wouldn't say last year was failed. I have found some new species and several exapmles of quite good preservartion to add in my collection. And some of that finds forced me to learn books deeply. All last year finds I systemized according to their genus and all are Carboniferous except coated Cordaites leaves.
Calamites
Calamostachys - spore cones.
Calamites (Crucicalamites) multiramis - quite rare find.
Calamites Goepperti - the best Calamites bark I've found (Calamophyl
All paleobotany amateur know that Lepidophloios leaf cushion is broader then long . That is the main distinguishing feature of Lepidophloios comparing with Lepidodendron which has longer then broad leaf cusion, i.e. vice versa.
Tangential cross scheme to distinguish Lepidodendron from Lepidoploios.
If you look at any paleobotany book you can see the Lepidophloios leaf cushion scheme consist of two nominal area - leaf scar (at the bottom) and remaining part of the leaf cushion above the leaf
Site No1 Razdolneview
Site views
Volcanogenic tuffs
There are two type os fossils: compessed prints and petrified wood.
Prints
Petwood
Cell structure of the tissue
Site No2 Styla
Styla lake
Devonian outcrops
Palaeovolcano (Maph-Khaya mnt.)
Lepidodendropsis prints
Look more pictures in my gallery 1 and gallery 2.
To start I quote some brief information from the Wiki about pteridosperms.
The term Pteridospermatophyta (or "seed ferns") refers to several distinct groups of extinct seed-bearing plants. The oldest fossil evidence of plants of this type is of late Devonian age, and they flourished particularly during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Pteridosperms declined during the Mesozoic Era and had mostly disappeared by the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Nowadays, four orders of Palaeozoic seed pla
I have posted lot of material main part of which I found on the city's coal heaps. We've got some 150 heaps just inside city. We have nevertheless quite beautiful city's sites with ponds and green areas.
View from on of the city's heap toward the Donbass Arena (new soccer stadium)
Views on the city from the heaps
Here is some heap views
More Donetsk coal heaps from my Facebook entry
A couple of burning heap tops
All heaps placement you can see at the website http://donmaps.org.ua/
