Fossil Plants & Marine Invertebrates of Minturn Formation, McCoy, CO

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Fossil Plants & Marine Invertebrates of Minturn Formation, McCoy, CO
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Karen & Steven Reinhold in Minturn Formation's plant fossils	Misc. plant scraps in the terrestrial material of the Minturn Fm.	Minturn Fm: Upper gray material is terrestrial; lower reddish material is marine.	Early conifers, possibly Culmitzschia laxifolia
$Crinoid stems & ?\nSpec: SW00700\nMcCoy, CO\nCemetary Site\nGPS MCCYC1\n9/3/05$ Crinoid stems & ? Spec: SW00700 McCoy, CO Cemetary Site GPS MCCYC1 9/3/05	$Crinoid stems & ?\nSpec: SW00700\nMcCoy, CO\nCemetary Site\nGPS MCCYC1\n9/3/05$ Crinoid stems & ? Spec: SW00700 McCoy, CO Cemetary Site GPS MCCYC1 9/3/05	$Crinoid stems & ?\nSpec: SW00700\nMcCoy, CO\nCemetary Site\nGPS MCCYC1\n9/3/05$ Crinoid stems & ? Spec: SW00700 McCoy, CO Cemetary Site GPS MCCYC1 9/3/05	$Crinoid stems & ?\nSpec: SW00700\nMcCoy, CO\nCemetary Site\nGPS MCCYC1\n9/3/05$ Crinoid stems & ? Spec: SW00700 McCoy, CO Cemetary Site GPS MCCYC1 9/3/05
$Common brachiopods\n(Anthracospirifer?)$ Common brachiopods (Anthracospirifer?)	$Brachiopod\nComposita subtilita?$ Brachiopod Composita subtilita?	$Reverse of brachiopod\nComposita subtilita?$ Reverse of brachiopod Composita subtilita?	$Crinoid stems\n(and unknown spine?, lower right)$ Crinoid stems (and unknown spine?, lower right)
Crinoid stem pieces	Brachiopod	Horn coral	Crinoid stems & ?
Early conifer, possibly Culmitzschia speciosa or Walchia piniformis	$Center & right - Early conifer, possibly Walchia piniformis or Culmitzschia laxifolia.\nLeft - Conifer seed cone.$ Center & right - Early conifer, possibly Walchia piniformis or Culmitzschia laxifolia. Left - Conifer seed cone.	Early conifer, possibly Ernestiodendron filiciforme	Unknown plant
Early conifer, possibly Culmitzschia goeppertiana	Early conifer, possibly Culmitzschia goeppertiana	Early conifer, possibly Culmitzschia goeppertiana	Early conifer, possibly Walchia piniformis
Unknown, possibly early conifer Ernestiodendron filiciforme	$Unknown plant, possibly Rhachiphyllum subauriculata or Gracilopteris bergeronii\nSee: http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/ezaadvar.html$ Unknown plant, possibly Rhachiphyllum subauriculata or Gracilopteris bergeronii See: http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/ezaadvar.html	$Top center & right: unknown, possibly Rhachiphyllum subauriculata\nLower right: two conifers\nOther misc. plant scraps$ Top center & right: unknown, possibly Rhachiphyllum subauriculata Lower right: two conifers Other misc. plant scraps	Unknown plant, possibly Rhachiphyllum subauriculata
Unknown plant, possibly Rhachiphyllum lodevensis	Unknown, possibly cross-section of conifer cone or seed-bearing structure of Peltaspermum?	$CONIFERS\nFrom Haubold (1983) with drawings by Florin (1938 - 1945).\nhttp://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/ehaubold.html\nSee also: http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/econif.html$ CONIFERS From Haubold (1983) with drawings by Florin (1938 - 1945). http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/ehaubold.html See also: http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/econif.html	$SEED FERNS\nImage from http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/ezaadvar.html$ SEED FERNS Image from http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/englod/ezaadvar.html

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