Peat Burns Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I was going through some of my photo files today and ran across some photos of palynomorphs that I extracted from clay underlying a T. rex skeleton in the Hell Creek of South Dakota several years ago. I recovered many plant macrofossils as well. My favorite palynomorph recovered is this Wodehousia spinata, characteristic of Late-Cretaceous and early Paleogene time (sorry the photos aren't the best): Here's a trilete pteridophyte spore: Here are some of the plant macrofossils. Metasequoia: External mold /cast of the cone of Metasequoia: Unidentified leaf cf. Marmarthia 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Very nice, thanks for sharing. The Wodehousia is gorgeous, though it gives me a bit of a headache to look at this photo. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 19 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Very nice, thanks for sharing. The Wodehousia is gorgeous, though it gives me a bit of a headache to look at this photo. Yeah, I had to use oil immersion at 1000x. Probably should have used a better scope and camera. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Very interesting, it’s amazing to me that such fragile things could survive 65 million years in the mud! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 You got lucky; photos of me before 6am look even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, goatinformationist said: You got lucky; photos of me before 6am look even worse. Hey, I resemble that remark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Maybe when I hit 60myo I'll look better; it's the gym downstairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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