difference between Zamites and Podozamites

[David in Japan]

Hi TFF friends,

 

I found a month ago in a road cut near Mifune (Mifune group formation, lower formation,Turonian), all kind of plant materials including Platanus leaves, Araucaria leaves and various unidentified plant material.

Fossils are abundant but only fragmentary.

 

Among all these fragments, there is a pretty large fossil of a kind of " palm tree" that I am trying to identify (not much documentation about this formation flora).

 

 

I am thinking about Zamites sp or Podozamites sp but I do not really know how to differenciate these two plants.

 

Can anyone enlight me concerning the differences between Zamites and Podozamites? Any book suggestion?

 

Looking forward to reading your answers.

 

Thank you by advance,

 

David

 

 

 

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[David in Japan]

Thank you very much Doushantuo!

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Dionites can be mistaken for Zamites,BTW

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will be back here with more

Nothing specifically to do with this thread,but might be useful anyway:

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ditto

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POD