Show Us Your Cordaites

[Missourian 607]

Has anyone here collected these Pennsylvanian plants? If so, show 'em.

 

This gymnosperm tree is classified under a handful of genera:

 

Cordaites - leaves

Cordaianthus - seed cone

Cardiocarpus - seed

Artisia - stem

Amyelon - roots

 

I'll start with a few I've posted on the forum already....

 

Leaf bundle (Cordaites):

 

 

Leaf (Cordaites):

 

 

Stump and roots:

 

 

Roots (Amyelon?):

 

 

Roots (Amyelon?):

 

 

All are from the Pennsylvanian Winterset Limestone of the Kansas City area.

 

A reconstruction of the living tree:

 

[evannorton 2]

_{Thanks for sharing these. I have a few found in the mazon creek area - most I find are single leaf variety.}

[piranha 5,360]

Cordaites lingulatus

Carboniferous - Stephanian

Sanvignes-les-Mines, France

[Kehbe 4]

A few Pennsylvanian cordiates from my gallery....

And then Pic1 and 2 I just posted recently and I know I have pictures of some others I have found but I can't seem to locate them right now.

Pic1

Pic2

Edited May 3, 2012 by Kehbe

[Bullsnake 246]

Upper Penn. Formation not known.

Creek bank, possibly deposited in loess, or exposed from bridge construction. Leavenworth county, KS.

The site:

[Missourian 607]

Thanks everyone for the contributions so far.

 

Here are a few more Cordaites and company from my collection....

 

A leaf with fine detail:

 

 

Some leaves with attached Spirorbis tube worms:

 

 

 

Artisia. This is the striated pith cast of the stem:

 

 

Some wood still attached to a pith cast:

 

 

 

Root molds:

 

 

I picked up these roots several years ago. I really would like to find that road cut again....

 

Cordaicarpus seed:

 

 

Cordaicarpus? seeds attached to twig:

 

 

All specimens shown come from the upper Winterset Limestone.

[squalicorax 50]

hey those are nice missourian, i need to hunt down some of those

[Auspex 3,897]

...Some wood still attached to a pith cast:

...

This specimen is beyond awesome!

[JimB88 176]

All Ive found are Artisia (from either the Upper Mississippian or lower most Pennsylvanian.)

[docdutronc 54]

Hi my friends ,I 'm coming back ,here is a link about cordaites plants from France and Spain ...

Best regards

Bruno

http://forums-naturalistes.forums-actifs.com/t4194-cordaites-borassifolius-sternberg

[Missourian 607]

Hi my friends ,I 'm coming back ,here is a link about cordaites plants from France and Spain ...

Best regards

Bruno

http://forums-natura...olius-sternberg

Merci beaucoup!

There are so many spectacular specimens. I really love the leaf bundles.

[docdutronc 54]

Hi Missourian

thank you for your comment, leaves bundles are very difficult to find on both sides ofcontinents, I also like the contrast and color "honey" of your specimens....

Best regards

Bruno

[astron 23]

Hello all.

Missurian, nice topic and wonderful finds and pics!!!.

Bruno, excellent cordaites collection!!!

Nice the rest contributions, as well!

I came into this topic yesterday and in my surprice, I realized that the unkown to me plant material I have found last Sunday in my hunting area (late miocene middle Crete island, Greece) bears some similarities to the stuff presented here. I searced my available papers on the Cretan flora fossils, but I didn't find anything relative.

What's your opinion?

I attach pics of my slab and of Missurian's leaf and seed.

[Missourian 607]

On 5/9/2012 at 1:32 PM, astron said:

I came into this topic yesterday and in my surprice, I realized that the unkown to me plant material I have found last Sunday in my hunting area (late miocene middle Crete island, Greece) bears some similarities to the stuff presented here. I searced my available papers on the Cretan flora fossils, but I didn't find anything relative.

What's your opinion?

I attach pics of my slab and of Missurian's leaf and seed.

 

I don't think the cordaitales made it past the Triassic. Your specimen, though, may have filled a similar ecological niche.

[Rockin' Ric 296]

Hey Ya'll! I saw this thread and maybe late to the game. While going through boxes of my collection last evening I came across some specimens that I've been told that are Cordaite casts from the Alabama / Pottsville formation. Some of these are Cordaites and others may not be, so please point that out. Some of these specimens are posted in my gallery.

Cordaite cast specimen assortment including Artisias

Cordaite stem and artisia impression, closeup of Artisia, stem cast with core / artisia?

[RomanK 41]

Nice specimen members have! These are mine:

Leaves

Artisia

Cordaicarpus

Cordaicladus

Spirorbises

Stem (bark)

[Missourian 607]

Nice bunch. I particularly like the Artisia on the right.

[Plantguy 666]

Great material all! Here's another of the strap like leaves from the coal basin in Graissessac, France. Regards, Chris

Edited July 28, 2012 by Plantguy

[Auspex 3,897]

Great material all! Here's another of the strap like leaves from the coal basin in Graissessac, France. Regards, Chris

Oolala! There is a lot going on in that beautiful plate

[Missourian 607]

Here are some more roots found during a trip last weekend through eastern Clay County, Missouri....

 

Winterset Limestone:

 

 

Westerville Limestone:

 

 

 

It turns out these root molds can be found in many different limestone units in the area. Only the Winterset preserves the leaves and stems in the beds above the roots.

[docdutronc 54]

Hi my friends

Here is a plate from Liévin basin with Cordaites seeds , Cardiocarpus boulayi Zeiller .

Best regards

Bruno

[Auspex 3,897]

This is superb, Bruno!

[Terry Dactyll 199]

Bruno.... Very nice specimen and great to see.... Great detail preserved....Now I have access to my collection I can begin to contribute again...

Here's the only example I found at Crockhey Opencast in Wigan ...Cordaitanthus Sp. Westphalian A....

There's this specimen but on reflection I dont think it is Cordaitanthus....

Edited September 10, 2012 by Terry Dactyll

[docdutronc 54]

Hi my friends

another one from Auchel basin ,in northern France .

best regards

Bruno

[RomanK 41]

Hi my friends

another one from Auchel basin ,in northern France .

best regards

Bruno

Nice Cordaicarpus Bruno!