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L.S., As the title says, please show us your fertile plant fossils --- Seeds, pollen organs, sporangia, flowers, cones and a great many other types of fructifications: the plant kingdom is incredibly diverse in terms of reproductive strategies. The vast majority of plant fossils consist of purely vegetative remains, however, making the chance encounter with fertile remains all the more special. I'd love to see your gems! To start off, I'll share some examples from my own collection below. Cheers, Tim DEVONIAN Fertile specimens from the Famennian of Belgium (Evieux Fm.), with Moresnetia, one of the earliest seed plants (left, middle), and Rhacophyton, an early "fern-like" plant (right). CARBONIFEROUS Fertile specimens from the Pennsylvanian of Europe, with: Whittleseya, a medullosalean pollen organ (left), and Crossotheca, lyginopteridalean pollen organs (middle, right) More fertile specimens from Europe, with: unidentified sphenophyte cones (left), Palaeostachya-type (?) sphenophyte cones (middle), and an unidentified lycophyte cone (right). More fertile specimens from Europe, with: unidentified seeds (left, middle) and an unidentified fertile structure (right). More fertile specimens from Europe, with: Cordaianthus, a cone of a Cordaites-type conifer (left), an unidentified fertile frond (middle), and Corynepteris fertile frond (right). PERMIAN Fertile specimens from the Permian of France (Usclas-St. Privat Fm.), with two walchian conifer cones (left, middle) and unidentified seeds (right). TRIASSIC Fertile specimens from the Anisian of Australia (Basin Creek Fm.), with: Pteruchus, an umkomasialean pollen organ (left), a fertile Asterotheca frond (middle), and Stachyopitys, probably a ginkgoopsid pollen organ (right). JURASSIC Fertile specimens from the Jurassic of Germany and Argentina, with Bernettia, a female fructification (left), and a female cone of an Araucaria conifer (right).

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hello, my name is Angie. My son found a fossil in westmoreland county pennsylvania. On one side it appears to have flowers, and on the reverse something else that looks like what we call a "helicopter seed" (maple seeds).. Or possibly an insect wing? Any insight you have on our find would be greatly appricated. Thank you, Angie

Went to the Florissant fossil quarry, and found some nice fossils. Wondering if I could possibly get them ID'ed, since I'm a novice. Thanks.

Dear all, Since it is simply impossible for an individual collector to collect everywhere, trading offers a great method to diversify. Several TFF Members are actively collecting plant fossils and together we cover an almost worldwide range of different localities. Even if you are specializing in a particular area, fossils of equivalent age from elsewhere could prove interesting material for comparison purposes (for example, there are some interesting parallels and differences between the European and North American Pennsylvanian floras). My question is, therefore: is anyone interested in trading plant fossil material? Anyone who had any plant material to offer for trade, or is looking for particular specimens to trade, please chime in! Cheers, Tim

To continue on with Scott's (piranha) series Show Us Your Fossil Cones and Give Us A Glimpse At Your Ginkgos, I present Flash Us Your Fossil Flowers! Here are some Common and not so common Flowers found near Princeton, British Columbia. All are lower middle Eocene in age and come from the Allenby Formation. Florissantia quilchenensis Florissantia quilchenensis Florissantia quilchenensis Pistipolianthus sp.