#sphenophyllum

[cjab-0201]

I returned to a Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous) site I had visited a few times and I finally found some Sphenophyllum!

EDIT: I talked to a paleobotanist and according to him, this is actually Asterophyllites. (I don't buy it though. If anything, it would be Annularia, and the leaves lack a central midvein.)

EDIT 2: Check the reblogs for more fossils from this site!!!

[dromaeosaurid]

"Along a shallow braided stream is a primitive upland community consisting of the amphibian Cacops in the foreground, and herbivorous pelycosaurs, Casea brolli on the distant bank. Farther back is Varanops, also a pelycosaur, which fed mostly upon insects and small vertebrates. Sphenophyllum and Equisetum line the banks, and the araucarian, Walchia, towers in the background. The approximate length of Cacops is 50 cms (20 in), Casea brolli 1 m (3 ft) and Varanops 1 m (3 ft)."

From Dinosaurs: A Global View (1990) by Sylvia J. Czerkas & Stephen A. Czerkas. Illustrated by Douglas Henderson, Mark Hallett, John Sibbick.

[earlypalaeoart]

Sphenophyllum restored, from La terre avant le déluge [The world before the deluge] by Louis Figuier, 1863

https://archive.org/details/worldbeforedelug00figuuoft/page/153/mode/1up

[heart-of-grass]

Once In A Lifetime…