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From the album: Carbondale, PA
Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period 299-323 myo -
From the album: Carbondale, PA
Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period 299-323 myo -
From the album: Carbondale, PA
Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period 299-323 myo -
From the album: Carbondale, PA
Detail from previous image Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period 299-323 myo -
From the album: Carbondale, PA
Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period 299-323 myo -
From the album: Carbondale, PA
Syringodendron sp. (Sigillaria family) Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period -
From the album: Carbondale, PA
Finely parallel-veined leaves of a Cordaites plant alongside the branch or root of a giant Lycopod (aka scale tree or club moss). The latter could grow up to 50 m high! found in Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) period 299-323 myo -
This is Pennsylvanian age Mazon Creek type material found in Indiana.I have a lot of raw material that has been left outside soaking in water to freeze this winter.I've recently sorted through a lot of this material after Indiana's first extended freezing temperatures.These are some of the pieces that have questionable ID’s. 1.Segment of cone bract? 2.Seed or base of a Cyperites leaf or some form of bract?
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how (scientifically) valuable is a leaf fossil AND the branch it came from?
SteveMcPerzon posted a topic in Questions & Answers
ive found a few fossils as a kid and actually my first fossil find is actually a 1 in 1,000,000 kind of thing how did i find it? i was just playing Jurrasic park... im not kidding i was in my backyard pretending to be Alan Grant "digging for fossils" and i was just hitting random rocks with a small pick and suddenly an actual fossil my reaction was "oh..." i was so dumbfounded any way so i was wondering how scientifically valuable would a leaf with what is probably the branch it came from worth for research? (no financial gain) i want to identify them both however i don't have them with me right now and the petrified branch is something ive not seen and cant even look up its clearly petrified wood however its black and looks almost as if its coated in fine sugar however it looks like its actually fine quarts crystals i was also wondering if its worth mapping both my fossils and the fossils of other kids i went to school with because the types of fossils seems to show what the land looked like at some point its thought that the area was always a muddy silty plain (there's an area near by with so many fossils they cover the beaches and area like sand) until the natural walls of the lagoon broke around 400 years ago and the area flooded and turned into a bay (port Philip bay if you look at it you will know what i mean) however there seems to be a thin stretch that had a lot of petrified wood and leaf fossils i don't know if anyone knows that already or if it would not be considered important Any way cheers guys -
Have been unable to identify. Found near Seattle, WA in a residential area so is possible it's non-native. Thinking this is a plant due to the inner patterns? Or could it be burrows? There are so many on this rock! Thank you for any help pointing me in the right direction.
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Hi all. Please help me identify this beauty! Found in an abandoned bluestone quarry on Twin Mountain in the Catskills at elevation of approximately 1900 ft. Many thanks in advance!
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Anyone know the ID of this plant....I am having a hard time narrowing it down from the Wittry guide. I am rather fond of it...it is one of the more unique flora specimens I have found.
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Hi Folks- I had this beauty open last night and wanted to get folks opinions on an id. Stay warm! Evan
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Hi Folks- The Pit 11 area around the perimeter of the lake is very overgrown at this point - although I have been able to get out and collect some. While the Essex fauna definitely has a higher percentage of duds versus the braidwood locales - the diversity of faunal species is much more robust. Other than one cyperites plant with great points - most of my finds have been faunal in nature. See below. A coprinoscolex
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Hi Folks- Here are a couple more concretion IDs from Mazon Creek.... 1) Fauna fossil (found at essex location) Thoughts.
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This is the 5th in a series of fossil ID questions - this one relates to two stick shaped fossils collected on our Sept. 16 trip to the 380 million year old Devonian site in Juniata County, PA. Devonian plants and trees are hard to find in Pennsylvania because so much was underwater however there were sticks and twigs and stems that did sink into the mud and get preserved. The question is, did we find two of those during our Juniata trip? Are these stick shaped fossils from plants or trees, or something else? Opinions, please... This stick shaped sample has a long thin piece extending at the bottom which appears to be part of the main fossil, which may (or may not) offer a clue: Here is another fossil from the same site/trip which has a similar form factor - it is in green shale - this bulges out a bit at the base:
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With Iceland at the top of world interest in volcanic activity recently, I thought it would be interesting to present a geological snapshot of plant preservation from the Icelandic volcanic ash layers of the Miocene of Surtarbrandsgil, Western Fjords. There are four volcanic zones in Iceland and you can view the modern correlation here. For reference, the Western Fjords are located at the top left of the map quite a distance from currently active zones. Here's another great link with a comprehensive catalog of the Miocene flora of Iceland. These fossils represent a preview of Icelandic fossil flora currently fossilizing beneath massive ash depositions for the next geologic age. Cool!
