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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):

 

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Leaf (Cordaites):

 

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Stump and roots:

 

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Roots (Amyelon?):

 

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Roots (Amyelon?):

 

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

 

A reconstruction of the living tree:

 

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

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A few Pennsylvanian cordiates from my gallery....

Muncie creek nodules 008

Muncie creek nodules 006

muncie creek nodules 019

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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. :)

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Upper Penn. Formation not known.

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

The site:

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Steve

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Thanks everyone for the contributions so far.

 

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

 

A leaf with fine detail:

 

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Some leaves with attached Spirorbis tube worms:

 

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

 

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Some wood still attached to a pith cast:

 

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Root molds:

 

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

 

Cordaicarpus seed:

 

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Cordaicarpus? seeds attached to twig:

 

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All specimens shown come from the upper Winterset Limestone.

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

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This specimen is beyond awesome! :wub:

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

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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.

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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.... :wub:

Best regards

Bruno

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cordaite cast specimen assortment including Artisias

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

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

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

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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 :wub:

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

 

Winterset Limestone:

 

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Westerville Limestone:

 

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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.

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Hi my friends

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

Best regards

Bruno

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This is superb, Bruno! :wub:

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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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....

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

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Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... :)

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