[Laboratory X - Anthophytes, Glossopterids and Others]

VIRTUAL GALLERY (III)

The Anthophyte Clade Possible Early Angioperms
3:1		Sanmiguelia lewisii impression of leaf in sandstone. Triassic of Colorado.
Cretaceous Angioperm Leaves -- Dicots
3:2		Populus litiqiousus leaf impression from Kansas. An example of variation in Cretaceous angiosperm leaves.
3:3		Sapindopsis magnifolia leaf impression from Kansas. An example of variation in Cretaceous angiosperm leaves.
Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Flowers and Fruits -- Dicots
3:4		Platanaceous floret with five carpels from the Eocene of Oregon. Clarno Formation.
3:5		Extant Magnolia, believed to represent some of the basalmost lineages of angiosperms.
3:6		Cast of fruit of the family Menispermaceae. From the Eocene Clarno Formation, Oregon.
3:7		Cast of Juglans fruit. From the Eocene Clarno Formation, Oregon.
Early Monocots
3:8		Palm leaf impression from the Eocene.
3:9		Monocot leaf compression. Paleocene of North Dakota.
3:10		Permineralized palm wood. Late Eocene of Texas.
3:11		Permineralized Nipa prop roots. Late Eocene of Texas.
3:12		Casts of Nipa fruits. Eocene of Great Britain.