Novel preservation state of Dolerotheca (medullosalean male organ) from the Late Pennsylvanian of the Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Authors: Zodrow, Erwin L., Mastalerz, Maria
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 2019
• Subjects: Palaeontology (plants); Breton Island; Canada
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1060419ar; https://doi.org/10.4138/atlgeol.2019.008

A new preservation state for the medullosalean male organ Dolerotheca is exemplified by a detached 31-mm sideritic mold with intact coalified compression from shale from the roof of a coal seam in the Sydney Coalfield, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Clearly recognizable in the specimen is...