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Yesterday, I spent about 30-45 minutes sitting in a pile of mud/rocks and practicing breaking apart softer rocks with a hammer and chisel (a little closer to shale--pretty easy to split into layers--but I'm not sure?) to see what I could find. This was one of the prettiest things I found! Northeast Alabama, US. Pottsville Formation. Thank you for your patience with my lack of knowledge. I'm currently waiting for a paycheck so I can purchase a book that will hopefully decrease my posts here!
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This afternoon I headed to Cory’s Lane for some digging. I unfortunately completely forgot about the tide, but thankfully it wasn’t very high when I arrived. A group of four was already there, and they said they didn’t find much “except for maybe a piece of grass.” The shale is very crumbly and oily, and virtually blank most of the time, so my hopes were not very high. I did find some decent, albeit very badly preserved ferns. Identification of these is very much welcomed, as I don’t know much about these. Rhode Island Formation, partially metamorphosed. My first find, Crenulopteris? Weird fern that was at a different angle to the bedding planes. Very badly preserved. A decent fern. Another I think of the same species, split from the first block. Some weird rusty things. Macrospores? The day’s haul. It was quite fun, the shale did split easily, it was just quite dirty and greasy. I should return again at a later time and hopefully find better material.
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Can anyone help me identify this fossil? Possibly from Dinmore, Queensland Australia. Front and back photos. Thanks!
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So my friend found this in some shale in an area with a bunch of shale/slate so much detail so cool! Lol
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From the album: Miscellaneous
Pecopteris sp.? Mazon Creek Not experienced with flora, so ID is uncertain.- 1 comment
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Hi again! I feel very fortunate to have such great minds helping to ID fossils here. I have one other Mazon Creek fossil that I would like some help with it. It’s a fairly large (5 inch) fossil fern nodule from Mazon Creek. My first question is, is this the common fern species variety Pecopteris? I think it might be but I see some variation within the leaves (that is the fern degree terminations). Is it unusual or rare to find ferns with them still attached to the plant stock/shaft from Mazon Creek? Last question, are the oriented dots on some of the ferns fossilized sporangia? I can’t find comparable examples like this online. Thank you!
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From the album: My Collection
My current personal best from the Carboniferous aged shale of Rhode Island. A large, Pecoptertis sp. section.- 7 comments
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Any ideas of this fern species from St Clair?
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From the album: Pittsburgh Fossils in Handmade Museum Boxes
This fossil, not sure if it is pecopteris or linopteris. It's about 4 inches across. It is housed in "museum" box I made with two modern fern fronds which were preserved with a special oxidization-inhibiting sealant. -
From the album: Pittsburgh Fossils in Handmade Museum Boxes
This is what I believe to be an alethopteris in shale collected in Rennerdale, PA. About 3 inches across. It is housed in "museum" box I made with two modern fern fronds which were preserved with a special oxidization-inhibiting sealant. -
From the album: Pittsburgh Fossils in Handmade Museum Boxes
I believe this one is linopteris. Collected in Rennerdale, PA. About 1.5 inches acorss. It is housed in "museum" box I made with two modern fern fronds which were preserved with a special oxidization-inhibiting sealant. -
From the album: Pittsburgh Fossils in Handmade Museum Boxes
I believe this specimen would be pecopteris? approximately 300 mya. Collected in Rennerdale, PA. Approximately 3 inches in length. It is housed in "museum" box I made with two modern fern fronds which were preserved with a special oxidization-inhibiting sealant.
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