Investigating Mazon Creek fossil plants using computed tomography and microphotography

Investigating Mazon Creek fossil plants using computed tomography and microphotography

More than 20,000 siderite concretions from the Mazon Creek area of northern Illinois, United States are housed in the paleobotanical collections of the Field Museum. A large proportion contain fossil plants of Middle Pennsylvanian age that often have excellent three-dimensional morphology and someti...

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Main Authors: Fabiany Herrera, Carol L. Hotton, Selena Y. Smith, Paula A. Lopera, April I. Neander, Jack Wittry, Yuke Zheng, Philipp R. Heck, Peter R. Crane, Michael P. D’Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
Paleozoic
Tetraphyllostrobus
Crossotheca
micro-computed tomography
MeshLab
differential interference contrast
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1200976/full

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