Types of Plant Fossils |
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1:1 | Compression / impression. | |
1:2 | Fossil cuticle. | |
1:3 | Impression of leaves with clay film in the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone. | |
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Cast of Quercus acorn. |
1:5 | Cast of trunk of an arborescent lycopsid from the Carboniferous of Joggins, Nova Scotia. | |
1:6 | Permineralized stem of Lepidodendron selaginoides in transverse section. | |
1:7 | Permineralized trunk of Callixylon. | |
1:8 | Compaction fossil of Holocene Pinus strobus pollen from Asa'a Hollow. | |
1:9 | Pennsylvanian coal ball horizons in the Illinois Basin. | |
1:10 | Coal ball. | |
1:11 | Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico. | |
Preservation at the Environmental Level |
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1:12 | Jurassic paleosols from the Morrison Formation of Utah. | |
1:13 | Carboniferous paleosols from Joggins, Nova Scotia. | |
1:14 | Burrowed/backfilled coal of Pennsylvanian age; an example of ichnofossils. |