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Fossils of the Carboniferous-Permian bryozoan Archimedes †Archimedes †Archimedes communis †Archimedes compactus †Archimedes distans †Archimedes intermedius †Archimedes invaginatus †Archimedes lativolvis †Archimedes macfarlani †Archimedes meekanoides †Archimedes meekanus †Archimedes negligens – or unidentified comparable form
The private sale of fossils has attracted criticism from paleontologists, as it presents an obstacle to fossils being publicly accessible to research. [2] Most countries where relatively complete dinosaur specimens are commonly found have laws against the export of fossils. The United States allows the sale of specimens collected on private ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of Indiana contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Indiana and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Indiana's fossil record stretches all the way back to the Precambrian. Microbe fossils of this age are known from the state. [1] Later, during the Cambrian period, Indiana was located in equatorial latitudes. Indiana was also covered by a warm shallow sea. [2] This sea was home to brachiopods, trilobites, and sponges. [1]
It is well preserved and common in the fossil record. Like other Lepidodendrales, species of Lepidodendron grew as large-tree-like plants in wetland coal forest environments. They sometimes reached heights of 50 metres (160 feet), [1] and the trunks were often over 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. They are often known as "scale trees", due to their ...
The Paleozoic swamps had tree-like lycopsids that grew up to 30 m (98 ft), [2] and even 50 m (160 ft) in height. [3] These lycopsid plants were anchored by an extensive network of branching underground structures with root-like appendages attached to them.
Lycopodiopsida is a class of vascular plants also known as lycopsids, [1] lycopods, or lycophytes. Members of the class are also called clubmosses , firmosses , spikemosses and quillworts . They have dichotomously branching stems bearing simple leaves called microphylls and reproduce by means of spores borne in sporangia on the sides of the ...
The most common fossil specimens of Lepidodendrales, as well as the most recognizable, are the compressions of stem surfaces marked with constant, though partially asymmetric, rhomboidal leaf cushions. These fossils look much like tire tracks or alligator skin, lending the Greek name "Lepidodendrales," meaning "scale trees." These leaf cushions ...