FOSSILS SPECIMEN: PLANTS

Fossils are defined as any evidence of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).

Domain: Eukaryote – Kingdom: Plantae

(Multicellular Organisms, Predominantly Photosynthetic Eukaryotes)

Proterozoic (Middle Precambrian) to Holocene

Domain: Eukaryote – Kingdom: Plantae – Clade: Tracheophytes

(early plant stalks)

Order: Equisetales

Fossilized Plant Stalk

Calamites

Carboniferous

North America

Domain: Eukaryote – Kingdom: Plantae – Clade: Tracheophytes

(leaf imprints)

Plant Leaf Imprints

Angiosperm Leaf

Eocene

Leaf Imprints

Glossopteris browniana

Fossils Imprint

Permian Period

Gondwana: South America, Africa, India, Madagascar, Austrailia, Antartica, New Zealand

Domain: Eukaryote – Kingdom: Plantae – Clade: Tracheophytes – Order: Pinales

(amber or fossilized tree resin)

Amber

Lower Cretaceous

Burmese 

Amber with Insect

Cenozoic

Domain: Eukaryote – Kingdom: Plantae – Clade: Tracheophytes – Order: Arecales

(palms and palm trees)

Late Cretaceous to Holocene

Petrified Palm Wood

Cenozoic

North America

Domain: Eukaryote – Kingdom: Plantae – Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

(pertified wood)

Petrified Wood

Cenozoic

Caldwell, Texas