To make things worse, today's generation of paleobotanists have come to disagree with Goldring's reconstruction. Evidently she placed the fronds of one type of tree upon the trunk of another. That sounds like an awful error, but actually it's the kind of mistake we paleontologists make all the time when we deal with very old and poorly preserved fossil remains. Quarries and building excavation sites have, in recent decades, yielded more fossil trees but, as far as I know, no one has found any more sites as good as the Gilboa Forest. There may be more and that's where you come in.
Paleontology is one of the few sciences where the amateur can make a real contribution.
A lot of fine fossils are found every year by amateur fossil hunters. Take a good look at the pictures I have included here and if you find any more fossil tree trunks, let me know, or bring a photo to the New York State Museum. You certainly should see some of the ones which are on display. There are none currently on display at the museum in Albany, but I think it is better, anyway, for you to see the fossils where they were found. Fortunately, you can.