FIGURE 1. Wattieza Stockmans from South Mountain, New York, NYSM 17039.

From the following article:

Giant cladoxylopsid trees resolve the enigma of the Earth's earliest forest stumps at Gilboa

William E. Stein, Frank Mannolini, Linda VanAller Hernick, Ed Landing & Christopher M. Berry

Nature 446, 904-907(19 April 2007)

doi:10.1038/nature05705

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a, General view of the crown portion, showing longitudinal ranks of branch bases on the trunk proximally, and attached branches with digitate ramification and speckled surface pattern distally. Scale bar, 20 cm. b, Line drawing of the specimen as recovered including trunk and crown; the box shows the portion in a, and the arrow indicates the branch in c. Scale bar, 10 cm. c, Close-up of a distal branch showing speckled texture and lateral appendages. Scale bar, 20 mm.

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