lycopsids – Matty (Headwind)

August 12, 2020August 24, 2020

Voltziales and Glossopterids

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
(Psalms 147:17) KJV

“Rise of Northern Hemisphere Voltziales and diversification of Southern Hemisphere glossopterids. Extinction, arborescent lycopsids, and sphenopsids. Diversification of reptiles.“

August 11, 2020August 18, 2020

Catastrophically Buried Middle Pennsylvanian Sigillaria and Calamitean Sphenopsids from Indiana, USA: What Kind of Vegetation Was This?

William A. Dimichele, W. John Nelson, Scott Elrick and Philip R. Ames
PALAIOS Vol. 24, No. 3/4 (Mar. – Apr., 2009), pp. 159-166
Link to Article

Abstract

A catastrophically buried stand of calamitean sphenopsids and sigillarian lycopsids is reported from the Middle Pennsylvanian of southwestern Indiana, in the Illinois Basin.