FOSSIL PLANTS
of the
Middle Pennsylvanian Period
CORDAITES

 Cordaites

DESCRIPTION

 reproductive organs or cones of Cordaites

stem of Cordaites

 

 leaves of Cordaites

 

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THIS PAGE BY:

Monte Hieb

Last update: April 27, 1997

 

NOTE: Cordaites tree is adapted from Jerry Jenkins' drawings published in:

Plant Fossils of West Virginia
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Educational Series ED-3A, 1978.