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Permian Fossil Plant Gallery
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Fossil identification by Jo Cox unless otherwise noted
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Danaeites emersoni Period: Vale formation, Clear Fork group, lower Permian Location: Kirby Lake, Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University |
#1 Size: 159 mm long block (larger of 2 pieces) #2 Size: 82 mm wide block - 2 specimens |
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Description: Fern frond, in blue/gray mudstone Close-up of #1 shows frond was fertile with "fruit dots" (spore filled sori) |
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Delnortea abbottii Period: Vale formation, Clear Fork group, lower Permian Location: Lake Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Size: 697 mm long block |
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Description: Fern frond, in red siltstone |
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Delnortea abbottii Period: Vale formation, Clear Fork group, lower Permian Location: Lake Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Dr. R. H. Tull |
#1 #2 2 specimens |
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Description: Fern frond, in red siltstone |
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Delnortea abbottii Period: Vale formation, Clear Fork group, lower Permian Location: Abilene Lake, Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Jo Cox Size: 84 mm long block |
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Description: Fern frond, in red siltstone |
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Glossopteris sp. Period: Late Permian Location: Illawarra Coal Measures, Dunedoo, NSW, Australia Collection: Jo Cox Size: 148 mm long block |
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Description: leaves -- This Genus of tree was very prolific in the southern continents but not found in the northern continents. |
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Trigonocarpus Period: Penn/Perm Location: ? Texas Collection: ? Research by: Larry Millar of the Bonehead Club of Abilene Identified by: William A. DiMichele & Hallie Sims, Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution Size: 32 mm long |
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Description: a six sided ovule (seed pod) from a medullosan pteridosperm ( Seed Fern ), petrified in iron. Pecan-like, it would also have had a soft outer later. This specimen's size is extraordinary if it is from the Permian. |
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