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Hello, this is a fertile axis ("cone") from the upper carboniferous (pennsylvanian: westfalian D) from Germany (locality Piesberg near Osnabrueck). It is about 20 cm long. I suppose that it's a primary cone (= primary axis with secondary fertile shoots) from a cordaite (Cordaianthus). There is also a Cordaites leaf on the other side (last picture), and the central axis of the "cone" shows some structures that remind me of Artisia. However, the fertile zone along the stems of Dicranophyllum may look similar like Cordaianthus (as far as compression fossils are concerned that are not very well preserved) if it carries only male cones (sometimes, male and larger female cones occur in the same fertile zone - then it is clearly distinct from Cordaianthus even if it's badly preserved), and the size of the fertile zone is similar to large specimens of Cordaianthus. But I prefer the ID Cordaianthus. Is this correct? Thanks araucaria1959
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