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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland, the big shell is 30mm in size
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I have these two plant fossils that I think I have an accurate id on but I am not sure and would like the confirmation. Mariopteris nervosa? Alethopteris?
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland, the shell is 20mm in size
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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Howdy all, This is a lepidodendrale (Lepidodendron?) stigmaria that my Dad found in Knob Noster, Missouri way back when he was in high school. His memory isn't too straight since he found it so long ago and I'm curious what formation this may be from and if it would even be from Missouri.
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An Extensive Exposure of the Wamsutta Formation, North Attleboro
Isotelus2883 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
In 2004, the oldest flying fossil insect fossil, a trace in the Wamsutta Formation, was described in Nature. The locality was several hundred feet from where an extensive exposure of the formation was located in a cut. I was planning to try and locate the locality, but due to time issues I went back to this cut, which I had visited once before. Several other localities containing abundant plants and ichnofossils are located in the vicinity. Here is an image of a shaly horizon that was between thick conglomeratic layers. There are three of these major ones, with the lower being darker and being more of a sandstone. The middle shale layer. Most of the finds were from here, although the lower member had some complete Cordaites leaves that I forgot to take back. Here are the finds from the lower section. Occasionally, there were smoother sections of bioturbated mud between the sandy shale, where well defined trails were preserved. Some raindrop prints. Here is a possible arthropod print, that is very badly defined. In these higher energy layers, some fragmentary plants were found. A Cordaites? bit was found, with some clasts of quartz just below. Some small pebbles of quartz. Now, here are the plants from the middle shaly layer. A Cordaites? fragment, with several other pieces. A certain layer within the shaly horizon was full of these pieces, however there was little variety and there was little need to fill my shoeboxes with these. Some specimens, showed what seemed like borings on them. Here is the most distinct example. I found these, also on plant fragments at three separate localities in the North Attleboro area, including one of the Rhode Island Formation. In the talus I found a decent, but either badly preserved or badly exposed fern. Just from the shape, there are quite a few possibilities on what it might be. Hee is a quite well defined tetrapod footprint I found in a bioturbated layer of the section, which split readily into relatively thin and flat slabs, which allowed for an examination for prints. However, there is quite a bit missing on the other side of the split. And last, not a fossil but a geological oddity. It is obviously a clast from one of the conglomeratic horizons, but something is weird about it. Inside, are more pebbles. It is a conglomerate, that has weathered out and become, itself, a clast of the Wamsutta conglomerate! The clasts within this pebble are of a quite different nature than the ones in the Wamsutta. Though the finds are not very spectacular, the conglomerate pebble certainly made up for it.- 10 replies
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Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in New Brunswick, Canada, quarry
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Rare 3D fossils show that some early trees had forms unlike any you've ever seen Cell Press, February 2, 2024, ScienceDaily Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in Canadian quarry Before age of dinosaurs, plants experimented with bizarre forms, discovery shows Emily Chung · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2024 The open access paper is; Robert A. Gastaldo, Patricia G. Gensel, Ian J. Glasspool, Steven J. Hinds, Olivia A. King, Duncan McLean, Adrian F. Park, Matthew R. Stimson, Timothy Stonesifer. Enigmatic fossil plants with three-dimensional, arborescent-growth architecture from the earliest Carboniferous of New Brunswick, Canada. Current Biology, 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.011 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.011 Yours, Paul H.-
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hi, i was given some interesting looking rocks. as far as i’m aware they were collected in the carboniferous deposits of northumberland. i cant tell if they’re fossils or just cool concretions… anyone know?
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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Last sunday was my first time hunting this year I went hunting in a place which contains old coast defences. The rocks are Tournaisian in age, probably from the area Tournais, or maybe the area of Soignies. The fossils are Tournaisian aged. I mostly found corals; Caninia sp., Michelina favosa etc. and brachiopods; Spirifer, Aletyphorus, Productus, Leptaenea, Rhipidomella etc. I also found trilobite pygidia from Plitonia kuehnei. When i came home and started unpacking everything i found out i was blessed. I had found a very rare Cochliodus contortus tooth without knowing it. some of my finds : 1: Caninia sp. 2: Piltonia kuehnei 3: Michelina favosa 4: unidentified 5: Cochliodus contortus 6: unprepped, probably Leptaenea analoga 7: Aletyphorus tornaciensis
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland, I have not seen this type before
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland,
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From the album: Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland,
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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From the album: Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal-mining district (Hauts-de-France, France)
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From the album: Pennsylvanian subperiod, Monongahela group, West Virginia USA
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From the album: Pennsylvanian subperiod, Monongahela group, West Virginia USA
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From the album: Pennsylvanian subperiod, Monongahela group, West Virginia USA
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From the album: Pennsylvanian subperiod, Monongahela group, West Virginia USA
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This was found in the Carboniferous limestone of the Malahide formation , east coast Dublin Ireland,
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From the album: Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal-mining district (Hauts-de-France, France)
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