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  1. Rockin' Ric

    Carboniferous Period Tracks

    This particular resting traces was the find of the day! Several different traces from different species. This site seems to produce after every rain. A unique fossilized slab containing at least two identifiable track left by a Xiphosuran and Eurypterid. Carboniferous Period, Parkwood Formation, Southeastern USA.
  2. Rockin' Ric

    Trace fossils

    Two favorite trace fossil finds from several days ago while out running errands. Second pic, there's a lot of activity going on the stone... two different species left their trackways, ones a hopper (tonganoxichnus) and the other appearing to be a diplichnites? Carboniferous Period, Parkwood Formation, Southeastern USA.
  3. Hello y'all! I got an opportunity to visit a trackway site locally. It was a hot steamy day for the crazy in me. When I got to the site, it had overgrown considerably since the last visit. There were patches of exposure that could be seen... while walking around scanning those exposures I see this five foot boulder thinking it could be split into, ... surprisingly it was easy peasy. It contained Mariopteris Fern fossils and the find of the day, Attenosaurus tracks of a large tetrapod amphibian affectionately called "Frogzilla" that predates the dinosaurs! Another surprise was that I didn't destroy the fossil by whacking off excess stone... 99% of the time I wind up having to glue pieces back together! It split in half beautifully, providing the negative plate with both prints and separate positive prints of those tracks! My day was done... the tracks are my first find ever! It was a bucket list item for this site where I have found many tetrapod trackways in the past. Carboniferous Period, Pottsville Formation, Southeastern USA.
  4. Rockin' Ric

    Cool Trace Fossil

    Hi y'all, the past two months has been a flurry of fossil hunting! One of my favorite to hunt are trace fossils. I found this shale slab with a partial exposure of a track (pic#1) made what is suggested an Eurypterid? There was a layer covering the other half and with a lil' patience and time I was able to remove that layer by the use of freeze/thaw method. Since that crack was there I soaked the stone and put into the freezer a number of times and after about a month of this process the slab slid right off exposing the other half of the track (pic#2) and (pic#3) pos and neg of track!
  5. Rockin' Ric

    Fossil And Rocks

    Hi ya y'all! Lots of rain we've been getting in the Southeast helping to expose fossils everywhere. Recently found a construction site that yielded some Carboniferous Period plant fossils and collectible rocks! On this site there were waterway tumbled stones leading me to assume that this area was once a heavily currented waterway with flora??? The find of the day was a 3D Calamite stem cast in matrix that looks like reba in concrete! The stem cast can be popped out to be a stand alone fossil! In addition to the fossils, I found a tumbled red Jasper stone with Hematite on the same site.
  6. Rockin' Ric

    Tetrapod Trackways

    Here are some tetrapod trackways found at a local site. Some of my favorite trace fossils to date for my collection! It's even better when ya have a fern frond impression next to a trackway!
  7. Rockin' Ric

    Carboniferous Period Fern

    I had seen fossils that came out or near a local waterway. I didn't think much of it until I was invited to join a friend of mine. When we arrived at the site, the riverbed was exposed because of the lack of rain with tons of rocks that looked like shale? Upon closer inspection most of it has weathered and was splittable. I split a few of them a saw there is indeed fossils here. I came across this slab and when I split it this positive and negative plate lay before me. A beautiful Nueralethopteris fern frond with detailed pinnules. I was pretty excited about it and wanted to come back! It was toward the end of the day as the sun set, the mosquitoes were atrocious so we had to leave. I think this is the biggest fern fossil I have found by far!
  8. Hello All! I've been a collector of trace fossils for over 15 years. I got started when I passed by a high wall near where I lived back in the day. One day I decide to stop and check out the debris at the base of the wall. At the time I was focused on plant fossils thinking this wall contained them. The first several minutes I didn't see any signs of plant fossils until I came across my first arthropod trace fossil ever. (above) It had the appearance of a Christmas tree and didn't know what it was until I posted it on the internet. A Paleontologist out of Canada told me it was a resting trace of a Xiphosuran. So for the next 15 years I've collected many, many more and then some and now Ichnologist are taking notice of the postings on FB. It's been quite sometime I've been able to take pictures of those finds and now starting this big project. Still got quite a ways to go and hopefully I can get er' done before the new year? Pictured are several samples from this site. As long as I'm able I will continue collecting because the site's future is in question as to where it will exist at all in several years? Conostichnus and burrow Diplichnites and call the second picture a figure 8 trace? Burrows Combo of Diplichnites and Resting Trace. Tonganoxichnus (hopping trace) and Selenicnhites (feeding trace) No idea what these are? I believe they call the first picture a Kouphichnium and the other have no idea? The first picture I call a horseshoe shaped resting trace and the second could quite be the impression of the thorax of a track maker? This one is called a Warvichnium trace fossil Nereites biserialis Resting trace and no idea what the trace at the top is?
  9. Hello All! I got to visit an active surface coal mine recently in my area and it didn't disappoint! Everywhere I walked there were plant and marine fossils to collect...I was having the time of my life! My usual goal when I visit sites like this is find fern fossils because it's my favorite plant fossil but that day wasn't as productive as other days. I did come away with a really nice slab of Lyginopteris ferns that I had to be extremely careful with because it later turned to into a fragile slab of stone. I later stabilized it and hopefully it will hold. My next favorite plant fossil is the Calamite, I think I found more this day than I've found the past several years of hunting! I scored a humongous Calamite stem cast measuring 7 inches wide! The largest in my collection at the time was 4.5 inches wide. Other finds include Lepidodendron leaf scars, Sigillaria impressions, 3D Stigmaria and Trigoncarpus. I had a good day considering and look forward to going back there soon! 13" wide slab of Lyginopteris fern fronds Lepidopholios too large to carry out but a picture will do. If it could be removed it would of made a really nice wall piece. 7" wide Calamite stem cast and a large palm size Calamite stem cast. 3D Stigmaria cast...there were a lot of stone on site that was so fragile that it fell to pieces when picked up. This Stigmaria was partially sticking out and when I kicked the stone that it was encased in the stone fell apart and this cast falls out...yeah this is the kind of fossil excavation I like. The pic on the right is a Sigillaria bark impression too large to carry out. Stigmaria impression too large to carry out. Love the rootlets that are sticking out of this one. Really nice Calamite impression with stems sticking out from it. I rarely find terrestrial and marine together on the same stone but here is a Calamite impression with a Bivalve to the side of it. The other picture is leaf scars from a Lepidodendron. Trigoncarpus...seed impression. Cyperite leaves I believe from a Sigillaria? Bivalve. Bivalves.
  10. Hello all, here are two more track ways I found on Saturday. Just looking at these I'm imagining what the tetrapod was doing to create this wonderful piece! These are so cool because the mudflat the organism took a stride on was a lil' wet, at least that's what it appears to be. The Cincosaurus cobbi left some of its footprints (can see the prints if photo is enlarged) on the mud of the disturbance as it sloshed through the mud on its belly?
  11. Rockin' Ric

    Cool Trackway Fossil

    Hi all! It was such a gorgeous day to get out to fossil hunt. We've had rain the past several weeks and made this site more interesting to hunt! I found this shale slab that has a set of tetrapod trackways and parallel to it a Diplichnites/arthropod trackways. It was thought this could be a predation trackways but upon closer inspection the Diplichnites veers to the right and the tetrapod trackway veers the opposite direction. My guess these trackways were laid down at different times. Ohhh well, not close enough...perhaps next time I will find a predation trace fossil! Cool fossil anyway!
  12. Hello Y'all. Got to go visit some spoil piles recently and they didn't disappoint with the exception those piles had been there for a long time. The surface fossils had been exposed to the elements and it showed with erosion and wearing of the impressions. Some of the surface slabs when picked up just shattered to pieces. There were fossils underneath the surface and if I found a slab with a partial sticking out I just dug the thing out and started splitting and found some nicely preserved species of ferns: Lyginopteris, Mariopteris, and Nueropteris, Calamite, unknown fossil and Sphenophyllums. It turned out to be a very productive day adding many more ferns to the collection! Some really nicely detailed 3D Calamite impressions were found. All of the above pics are element worn Lyginopteris ferns. These Lyginopteris were exquisitely detailed! Mariopteris and Nueropteris. Nueropteris hash plate and Sphenophyllum...on some of the Lyginopteris plates u can see these scattered about them. Mystery fossil? It could be a Trigoncarpus since there were Lyginopteris scattered about?
  13. Hello All! I got to go visit a new site near where I live Saturday and it didn't disappoint. There were fossils everywhere and had to limit what I was able to take home because there was so many. I focused on fern fossils of course but also the most I found interesting. This site contained both Carboniferous Period plant as well as marine fossils. I went with a group of folks, all of them walked away with some really nice finds. Hope to get back there soon! As you can see the fossils just littered the ground, although some of them were so fragile that when you picked them up by hand they fell apart due to being exposed to the elements for a long period of time. The pinnues on this fern frond is the largest I've ever found. I looked it up and this species is a Eusphenopteris stiara? The Lyginopteris has a Calamite overlapping it. Look closely at the stem above it and you can see the hair-like thorns. One of my favorites fern finds is this Mariopteris. Lepidodendron leaf scars. Sigillaria outside impression and decorticated inside impression 3D Stigmaria root casts. Bivalves with Nautiloid impression top left. Bivalves surrounding what appears a Cephalopod? Lepidostrobus cone with Lepidostrobophyllum...what a mouthful! Always find the Lepidostrobophyllum independently from the cone...this is the first even with a partial stem! Bivalves as well as tiny and Mussel. Also to add to this, I found two Lycopod trunks. Seeing I had no room to store these behemoths I gave the bottom one to someone else and let them be Superman for the day. The other one had to weigh 200+ pounds so it was left behind. I got word yesterday that someone in the group is making arrangements to retrieve it because it may have scientific value. Either way I usually pass these things up because there is no room to store them!
  14. Rockin' Ric

    Carboniferous Trackways

    Hello All! I got out in the beautiful weather to fossil hunt yesterday. The temps started off in the 30's, quite chilly and eventually rose to the high 50's by noon. I've been to this site known for its fossilized trackways but never had any luck finding any but was always satisfied with the fern fossils that came out of there! Today was a lil' different...when I set foot onto the site I see this 4-foot boulder that was calling my name. I started splitting it, splitting came with such ease and the first two layers didn't yield anything but on the third I got this, both positive and negative slabs (second pic). It has a combination of Stiaria, Tonganoxichnus trackways (arthropod) and a Tetrapod trackway (Nanopus reidiae?) Finally! I couldn't contain my excitement! After I calmed down I began to look for fern fossils...I sat to take a breather, it was taxing to maneuver between the berms. I see this stone (first pic) that looked splittable, grabbed it and the rest is history! The first picture is Nanopus reidiae, Manus and Peds trackway. Definitely the find of the day! Patience does pay off and I was guessing I was done for the day! It was good to meet both fossilDAWG and aplomado on site, Fossil Forum members where I can put faces with the user names, hope they were able to find good stuff!
  15. Rockin' Ric

    Carboniferous Trace Fossils

    Hello All, been doing a lot of fossil hunting during the Covid shutdown. Finding lots of fossils and running out of room to store them. My trace fossil road cut continues to give and give and here are a few finds from that site. Most are Arthropod resting traces, a few Diplichnites, a 3D burrow and some showing some type of locomotion.
  16. Hi all! Since Covid I have been able to get out in the UV Covid killing rays and do some fossil hunting...a lot of fossil hunting! I've collected a lot and shutter to think I have to clear out what I have to make room for more. I'm not a morning person by no means but had to get up at the crack of dawn to go on this 2.5 hour trip north of where I live and it was an extremely foggy, chilly morning. The day didn't disappoint. Here the finds of the day from a road cut out in the middle of nowhere. Foggy early morning hours The road cut... Horned Coral Brachiopods Crinoid Stems Archimedes Punctospirifers? Blastoids, my favorite Mississippian fossils. 3D versions as well as in matrix. Just love the matrix. The compositional value natures lays down millions of years ago is just astonishing!
  17. Rockin' Ric

    ...and more ferns!

    Hello Y'all, back in June 2020 I got the opportunity to visit the trackway site in my state that I visited in May. Still no luck finding any reptile or amphibian trackways but as always I come away with some really nice fern fossil specimens. While looking for Brachiopods on the site I came upon this 3"x4" slab of shale sitting upright and partially buried in the soil in the first picture. I see pieces Mariopteris ferns on it and started splitting till I could split no more! This is the end result.
  18. Hello all! I went fossil hunting back in May 2020 and posted a picture of a box of fern fossils in a previous thread. Here are the closeup shots. The site where I found the fern fossils is known for its fossilized trackways of arthropods, reptiles and amphibians as well as marine and terrestrial fossils that lived in Alabama 300 million years ago. As I was wrapping up to leave the site I stumbled upon a 3 x 4 foot shale slab that someone had split previously looking for trackway fossils and discarded it. I see these fern fronds in the first picture protruding from that slab. I sat my butt down and split that slab of shale to see what treasures it would hold until there was nothing else to split. The end result is all these pictures of ferns. Being the fern fossil collector, it was my gain and someone else loss. Most of the fossils are Mariopteris with an Eusphenopteris thrown in.
  19. Rockin' Ric

    Carboniferous Lepidophloios

    Went on a fossil hunt with the Alabama Paleontological Society today and found this nicely preserved Lepidophloios. Both positive and negative plates along with a 3D piece sandwiched in between the layers with striking detail. I had to glue the 3D piece back together and put a protective coating on the fossil because it was fragile. Carboniferous Period, Pottsville Formation, Central Alabama USA.
  20. Hello Again! With all this time off I have been able to get out an fossil hunt a lot! Recently I posted pictures of some fern finds from a trackways site not far from home. Surprisingly, I have been there on four trips and not one of those times have I been successful finding a trackway of an amphibian, tetrapod or arthropod that this site is known for...I take that back, I did find a arthropod resting trace. Anyhoo, the recent trip was a sucess because of the plant and terrestrial finds I brought home. Here are some of the marine fossils... Pic#1- Hash plate of calcified Brachiopods Pic#2- 3D Brachiopods that detached from plate Pic#3- Tiny Orbiculodea Pic#4- Tiny Bivalve...Mussel Pic#5 and 6- Brachiopods Pic#7- Arborichnus (horseshoe crab) resting trace
  21. Hello all it's been awhile, hope everyone is safe! I had been cooped up in my home through most of April 2020 like many Americans with the exception of a few fossil therapy excursions. Last Saturday, I finally got a weekend to go fossil hunting with my local fossil club and of course practicing social distancing as we always do to a local known for its fossilized trackways of arthropods, reptiles and amphibians as well as marine and terrestrial fossils during the Carboniferous Period. As I was wrapping up to leave the site I stumbled upon a 3 x 4 foot shale slab that someone had split previously looking for trackway fossils and discarded it. I see these fern fronds in the first picture protruding from that slab. I sat my butt down on the spot and split that slab of shale to see what treasures it would hold until there was nothing else to split. The end result is all these pictures of ferns. Being the fern fossil collector, it was my gain and someone else loss. Most of the ferns are Mariopteris with a few Eusphenopteris and Nueralethopteris. Moral of the story, if you see a slab with a slight hint of fossils...whack it! You never know what treasures it holds! Carboniferous Period, Pottsville Formation, Central Alabama USA.
  22. Howdy Y'all! Third time isn't the charm in my case but I'm grateful that I got to go on a fossil hunt last Saturday morning when I don't get Saturday's off because of work. I went with a group of fossil collectors to our state's premier trace fossil site near my home thinking I'm going to add some trace fossils to my growing collection and practicing 'social distancing'. There definitely was a lot of real estate to cover and we did well keeping distance. Two weeks prior, the state came in and turned over the property with a big dozer coupled with rain made the site easy pickings with new stone. Searched and split to no avail, only feeding traces found although other folks had luck on their side including my hunting buddy Glen. He found a foot print of an Carboniferous Period Attenosaurus...what a cool print! I got back in my mode of finding Carboniferous flora consisting of ferns and other plant material. Ya gotta love those ferns! I came away from the site happy that I found ferns and not so much for the trace fossils. But that was about to change when we visited another site a friend who doesn't hunt fossils told me about. Ya gotta love those friends too! Pic#1- Reclaimed mine spoil piles Pic#2-4- Mariopteris Hash plates and frond Pic#5&6- Alethopteris Pic#7&8- Lepidodendron bark impressions Pic#9- Lepidostobophyllum Pic#10- Lycopodiates Pic#11- Attenosaurus footprint
  23. Hello, Y'all! Last Saturday was a great and a gorgeous day because it's one of those times I had the day off and took full advantage of it...I had to get out of my home into the great outdoors! The morning was filled with fossil hunting, I will post the story about that later. After lunch it was more fossil hunting but at a new locale. It's great to have friends who aren't fossil hunters that will see a potential site and call you and say, 'hey you need to check out this area there may be fossils there!' After the morning fossil hunt we go check this area out and it didn't disappoint even though I didn't have any of these type fossil in my collection. I have only seen these fossils in pictures found at the premier site I just visited! They were everywhere at the base of the high wall, I couldn't believe it. There was so much ground to cover, we were tired and daylight was about to end the day. We took what we found and headed home keeping in mind this place needs to be explored entirely which we weren't able to do today but on a future return trip! The trace fossils are identified as Arborichnus Repetita, a limulid/horseshoe crab of the Carboniferous Mississippian Period but not sure of the formation? The last picture of a trace is called Kouphichnium.
  24. Howdy Y'all! It's the beginning of a new decade and has been over four months since we were able to visit the honey hole for fern fossils. It's difficult for my hunting buddies to get time off on a work day that is my weekend, a Monday or Tuesday. One of them managed to get off for a Monday fossil excursion. Last week we visited a rock wall that we thought was a potential site? It was a disappointment because we had to get past a briar patch in order to get to the wall, although there was stone at the base of that wall we didn't see any signs of fossils...so we moved on? We decided to visit the fern site and there for about two hours and found some good specimens and a fossil of the day. We had a lot of rain fall and flooding the week before and most of what we found was caked in mud and soil! I finally got them washed and here are a few of those fossils. Most of them are hash plates. From the looks of them, they depict a flood zone in the Carboniferous period. The fern leaflets appear scattered about and stripped from their stems. You will see some fern fronds, half of them stripped of leaves. We find a lot of these type hash plates on this site. Pic #1- Eusphenopteris fern fronds Pic #2- Nueroptheris fern fronds and leaflets Pic #3- Fern Rachis and leaflets and Calamite stem Pic #4- Nueropteris fern fronds and leaflets Pic #5- Fern leaflet stems? Pic #6- Fern Rachis with leaflets Pic #7- Nueropteris fern fronds and leaflets Pic #8- 2D Calamite stem Pic #9- Large Fern Rachis Pic #10- Fossil Find of the Day- 3D Lepidodendron stem
  25. Hello all! It was too gorgeous of a day to be indoors so I get out and go to my favorite ancient mudflat. I found several cool tracks of Xiphosurans and Diplichnites. Some day I hope to find a slab of shale with all the tracks I have found on this site so far...one big plate all of them on the same slab like they decided to party in one spot! I'm getting close...it could happen! Pic #1- Diplichnites and 3 Xiphosuran tracks on this slab Pic #2- Detail Xiphosuran track Pic #3- 4 Xiphosuran tracks Pic #4- Ripple marks?? Pic #5- One of the largest Xiphosuran tracks I've found so far...it's the size of a US 50 cent piece. Most have been smaller than a US quarter Pic #6- Pos/Neg impression of a Xiphosuran track Pic #7- This one is shaped differently than the other Xiphosuran's, a different species perhaps? Pic #8- Dunno what this one is? Pic #9- Larger leg marks made by a bigger Xiphosuran??? Always find one side leg marks and never the both sides? Pic #10- Diplichnites
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