Muara Karing Leaf Fossil

Muara Karing Leaf Fossil

The Karing River is a small river that connecting directly into the Merangin River, the estuary forms a waterfall, which shows normal faults and is followed by minor faults as evidenced by a terraced waterfall, there are fossils of Macralethopterid, Pecopterid, and Cordaites leaves, these three fossils were found in the black tuffaceous shale layer is eroded and belongs to the Mengkararang Formation. Although the fossils found are not intact, the parts are very well preserved. In addition to the three fossils above, in Muara Karing there is also a tree trunk fossil in situ. During its growth, these fossils grew in swamps which were then preserved by the erosion process and were exposed on the banks of the Merangin River at the downstream of the Karing River. Five of these stump fossils were found. Some of the stump fossils can be identified as fossils of Calamites trees which are highly susceptible to erosion by the Merangin River.

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