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Australia, Queensland, Claytosmunda sp. (family Osmundaceae), two full rhizomes and fragments of two more (arrows). In one of the rhizomes there is a double dichotomy of the stele - shown in enlargements, the entire fossil is 23 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Claytosmunda sp. (family Osmundaceae), adjacent to the above fossil fragment showing continued growth of four steles (arrows) in a single rhizome. The second enlargement shows leaf petioles with stipular wings. The entire fossil is 23 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Blackwater, Palaeosmunda williamsii, significant difference in the diameter of leaf petioles in cross-section, perm, 14 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, Cibotium tasmanense, stem with xylem and petioles, Jurassic, 9 cm |
Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, gymnospermous, stem with closed rind gal, Jurassic, 11 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Minerva Creek, Palmoxylon queenslandicum penetrated by conifers, Oligocene,
18,5 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Blackwater, gymnospermous,
pith with canals like traces, Permian, 8 cm |
Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Osmundacaulis pruchnickii, Jurassic, 12,5 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 3 cm |
Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, surface of the stalk,
Jurassic, 5,5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 1,7 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 2 cm |
Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 2,7 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 2,5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 2,5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 2,5 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania,
Lune River, cycad - Williamsoniaceae family, Jurassic, 3 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Wandoan, Millerocaulis cf. kidstonii (Ashicaulis cf. kidstonii), on the magnification xylem cylinder and petiole traces, Cretaceous, 12,5 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Opalton, opalized coniferous wood, both sides of the twig, diameter 9 mm, lenght 1 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Opalton, opalized coniferous twig, diameter 1,4 cm,
lenght 2,8 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Opalton, opalized coniferous twig illuminated from three different directions, diameter 7 mm, lenght 2,2 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, coniferous wood with coprolites,
Myriophyllum sp. (water plant) on the edge, 3 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania, Lune River,
Tasmanopteris richmondii, 5,5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Tasmanopteris richmondii, 4 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Lunea jonesii, 5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Lunea jonesii, 6,5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Lunea jonesii, 6,5 cm |
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Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Osmundacaulis sp.,
8,5 cm |
Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Osmundacaulis sp.,
more than 520 petioles in the section, 10,5 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Opalton, opalized coniferous branch, diameter 2,8 cm, lenght 6,5 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Opalton, opalized coniferous wood, lenght 4 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Donponoxylon benettii (formerly known as „Pentoxylon” sp.),
Jurassic, 15 cm |
Australia, Queensland, two trunks of Donponoxylon benettii (formerly known as „Pentoxylon” sp.) in one fossil, smaller one shown in the second picture, Jurassic, 21 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Yuleba, Yulebacaulis normanii, Cretaceous, cross section, 8 cm |
Australia, Tasmania, Lune River, Oguracaulis banksii, Jurassic/Cretaceous, cross section, 11 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Millerocaulis sp., Jurassic/Cretaceous, cross section, 6 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, osmundaceae family, Jurassic, cross section,
9,5 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Donponoxylon benettii (formerly known as „Pentoxylon” sp.), Jurassic, cross section, 18,5 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Osmundacaulis sp., Jurassic, cross section,
6,5 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Millerocaulis sp., Jurassic, cross section,
7 cm |
Australia, Queensland, coniferous, Jurassic, cross section, 6,5 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Millerocaulis sp., Jurassic, cross section,
11 cm |
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| Australia, Queensland, Wandoan, coniferous, Jurassic, 6,5 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Wandoan, Millerocaulis sp., Jurassic, 7,5 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Wandoan, Millerocaulis sp., Jurassic, 9,5 cm |
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| Australia, Queensland, Blackwater, Palaeosmunda williamsii, Permian, 8 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Miles, Donponoxylon benettii (formerly known as „Pentoxylon” sp.), Jurassic,
25 x 12,5 cm |
Australia, Carnarvon, "Peanut Wood", coniferous, Cretaceous, 22 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Wandoan, Millerocaulis sp., (fern), Jurassic,
diameter 10 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Wandoan,
Osmundacaulis sp., Jurassic,
diameter 10 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Wandoan,
Millerocaulis sp., Jurassic,
diameter 10 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Wandoan,
Osmundacaulis sp., Jurassic,
diameter 9 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Wandoan,
Osmundacaulis sp., Jurassic,
diameter 9 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Wandoan,
Osmundacaulis sp., Jurassic,
diameter 9 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, Donponoxylon benettii (formerly known as „Pentoxylon” sp.), Jurassic, quartz mineralisation,
11,5 x 19 cm |
Australia, Osmundacaulis sp. (fern), Jurassic,
complete section,
diameter 10 - 12 cm |
Australia, Osmundacaulis sp. (fern), Jurassic,
agate additions,
excellent preserved anatomy structure,
11 x 9,5 cm |
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| Australia, coniferous, "Peanut Wood" - famous australian wood
invaded with ship worm borings which left traces
filled by agate and chalcedony, quartz mineralisation,
complete section, diameter 15 - 18 cm |
Australia, Queensland,
coniferous, jasper mineralisation,
longitudinal section,
4,5 x 9 cm |
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| Australia, Queensland, coniferous, excellent preserved annual rings of wood, white additions of fine-grained chalcedony, complete section,
quartz mineralisation, diameter 11 - 15 cm |
Australia, Queensland, Donponoxylon benettii (formerly known as „Pentoxylon” sp.), Jurassic, quartz mineralisation,
7 x 11 cm |
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Australia, Queensland, coniferous,
jasper mineralisation,
longitudinal section,
14,5 x 9,5 cm |
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