FOSSIL PLANTS
of the
Middle Pennsylvanian Period

LYCOPODS

 Lepidodendron
...what is it?

  DESCRIPTION   
   reproductive organs or cones of lepidodendron  
 leaves of lepidodendron  
 branch scar of lepidodendron  
 lepidodendron branches  
  bark pattern of lepidodendron  
 root of lepidodendron  

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 Sigillaria
...what is it?

DESCRIPTION

 

 reproductive organs or cones of sigillaria

 

bark pattern of sigillaria

 

 sigillaria scar patterns

 

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THIS PAGE BY:

Monte Hieb

Last update: May 15, 2008

 

NOTE: Lepidodendron and Sigillaria trees are adapted from Jerry Jenkins' drawings published in:

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