We need to do that soon. And I DO want to see this fossil.
The photo of the frond is at
>http://chadwicka.swau.edu/leaf.jpg the plane of the fossil is
>perpendicular to the laminae in this fine grained sandstone, which can be
>seen faintly in the lower right hand corner. A second fossil, similar to
>the first, is located mutually perpendicular to the first, and the bedding,
>on the left hand side of the specimen. I obtained some beautiful
>Stigmarian roots in a specimen of the same laminated sediment, but the
>specimen is too large to fit on my scanner! THe Stigmaria root stocks have
>been found lying parallel to the laminae and running perpendicular to them
>as well! But they are in blocks of rock weighing 100 lbs or so. The
>fossils and tidal cycles come from the Mansfield Fm. (L. Penn) in S-Central
>Indiana. see article on this deposit in Kvale et. al. Geology Apr 1989 p.365.
Maybe the photo doesn't do the rhythmites justice, because the rhythmites I
have seen have a stronger banding to them. I will order the article to
read up on the mansfield. I might note that the fossil seems very bold
which would imply a relatively strong leaves.
glenn
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