Silicone rubber casts of silicified plants from the Cretaceous of Sudan

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WATSON, J., ALVIN, K. L. 1976. Silicone rubber casts of silicified plants from the Cretaceous of Sudan. Palaeontology, 19, 4, 641–650.

Joan Watson and K. L. Alvin Silicified plant fragments, including the conifer Frenelopsis from the Lower Cretaceous of Sudan, are preserved as internal and external moulds. Low viscosity silicone rubber has been used to obtain casts showing fine details which may be studied by scanning electron microscopy. The Palaeontological Association (Free Access)