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Not the most exciting start to my 1st mazon creek freeze/thaw attempt, but at least its not blank. I am guessing some kind of plant material
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Hi all, I’m excited to be going on a field trip with a a group in Illinois (ESCONI) later this month to a site that has a huge mound of mined-up Pennsylvanian shale. There may be some carbon-film plant impressions there. I’ve never collected this type of fossil before, and I’ve heard that carbon films can disappear quickly when exposed to the air. My question is should I bring something to coat this type of fossil? And if so, what? In doing some research, I see that some people recommend spray-on Krylon while others recommend against it. Would brushing on a thin coat of Paraloid do the trick? (I’ll check with some members from ESCONI, but it’s a new site for them, and their material says that there is a lot they have yet to learn about preservation of specimens from this location.)
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Hi! My 6 year old is very interested in fossils so we took a trip to Rhode Island today to see if we could find anything at a shale beach. Might anyone be able to help ID the following? We aren’t sure and would love to be able to help him determine if he found something, and if so what it might be. My googling is coming up empty handed, and we just started our learning journey. Thanks so much!
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Pennsylvanian (Llewellyn Formation, 308-300 MYA) plant fossils from coal mine tailings near Mt. Carmel, PA.
fossilcrazee posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
This was, essentially, a quick scouting trip based on threads on the Forum. Don't know much about these fossils but wanted to confirm the location and density of Pennsylvanian (Llewellyn Formation, 308-300 MYA) plant fossils from coal mine tailings near Mt. Carmel, PA. (NOT St. Claire, which is closed to collectors). There were abundant specimens, many bearing evidence of pyrite replacement: orange stems and plant hash. There was also some evidence of pyrite replacement by pyrophyllite to yield silver-colored films. Against the black matrix, the silver-film plant fossils are beautiful and, in my view, warrant prolonged and determined searching on a return visit. Once upon a time I had a lovely plate from the St. Clair site .... but it is no longer in my possession. Perhaps, with enough effort, and a bit of luck I can find a suitable specimen to replace it - may not be the pretty ferns but a good specimen to illustrate the fossilization process would be most welcome. . Special thanks to @idiot for location advice.
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August 2021 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends September 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Annularia radiata leaf whorls - Francis Creek Shale (Pennsylvanian) - Grundy Co., Illinois 2. Millipede - Francis Creek Shale (Pennsylvanian) - Grundy Co., Illinois 3. Ophiura sp. brittlestar arm segment - Cretaceous, Del Rio Formation - Travis County, Central Texas 4. Shimanskya postremus cephalopod - Pennsylvanian, Graham formation, Finis Shale member - Jacksboro, Texas 5. Tubular stromatolites, encrustation on reed stems - Oligocene, Chattian - Saint-Saturnin, near Clermont-Ferrand, France 6. Orbiculoidea (possibly O. rugata) inarticulate brachiopod - Silurian, Přídolí ,Leighton Formation - Pembroke, Maine 7. Acantotelson stimpsoni shrimp - Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale - Grundy Co., Illinois
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From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
Fossil Plant Stems Devonian Catskill Sandstone Catskills, New York, USA -
Found these two rocks earlier in Big Creek by my place in Iron Co. MO. they look as though they are made up almost entirely of tiny plant & animal fossils. Each rock is about 6"x4"x2".
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Hi everyone, I just want to start off the post by thanking @Bguild, @Fossildude19, and @Pagurus for their Cory's Lane post a while back, it really helped me with my trip there. Corys Lane is on a beach in Rhode Island, the view is absolutely incredible towards the end of the day. I visited towards the end of the day because of the tides. The area I was having the most luck at would be completely underwater by the time high tide came around. Speaking of which, I sampled different heights and areas of the locality, and I found that breaking the shale closest to the beach floor (and on the beach floor) was the most rewarding. Here are some photos of the locality and of my finds. I'm gonna need some help ID'ing the smaller ferns, as I'm not too well versed with plant fossils. The View The Finds Small fern(s?) Calamites? First find of the day, some sort of fern Large piece of wood? The B side of the fern showed earlier The area I was having the most luck at, it was sort of dug into the beach I'll have some more photos of the finds at a later date, I still have to sort through and clean them. Thanks for looking
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Hi there. I saw this I saw this at Blue Beach in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was loose on the beach, closer to the edge of the cobble towards the water. Also, I'm new to fossils, and only took this 1 pic (I left this fossil on the beach). The plant matter imprint along the bottom is approx 5.5 cm long. Thanks for your help with this.
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends August 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Mucrospirifer thedfordensis brachiopod - Mid Devonian, Hungary Hollow Formation and Arkona Shale (350 Ma) - Rock Glen, Arkona, Ontario 2. Epihoplites compressus ammonite - Lower Cretaceous, Gault Clay. Albian Age - Cap Blanc Nez, France 3. Petrified wood, Family Lauraceae (laurel tree) - Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian age, Dawson Formation (70-66 Ma) - Arapahoe County, Colorado 4. Chlinocephalus demissifrons crab - Zanclean (lower Pliocene) - Southwest France 5. Rielaspis elegantula trilobite assemblage - Mid Silurian, Thornloe Fm - Northern Ontario 6. Solanocrinites sp. free floating Crinoid (cormatulid) - Cretaceous, - Glen Rose Formation - Texas 7. Architarbus rotundatus spider - Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale - Mazon Creek, Morris, Illinois 8. Hippuritid rudist Vaccinites sp. (possibly V. sulcatus) - Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian/Upper Geistthal-formation, Gosau-Group - Styria, Austria 9. Dawn Redwood Cone (Metasequioa sp.) - Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, Hell Creek Fm (~66 Ma) - Baker, Montana 10. Belemnite (cf. Pachyteuthis sp.) - Mid/Late Jurassic, Oxfordian, Sundance Fm (~168-157 Ma) - Greybull, Wyoming
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Recently I found this plant fossil at the Late Triassic aged Blackstone Fm, Queensland, Australia. I think it’s a horsetail but I’m not certain.
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A few weeks ago @Jeffrey P and I met up in Eastern Pennsylvania to collect plant material in the Late Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation. We started our day at Centralia and then made our way to another site. I have visited Centralia a few times now but Jeff had never been there before. Our hope was to find Jeff a nice Trigonocarpus seed but unfortunately our efforts did not come up with anything. The pickings at Centralia were rather slim. However, we did see in-situ a large segment of Stigmaria ficoides root with rootlets. I ended up only keeping a few finds. The first is this Sphenopteris sp. I also kept this plate with several Lepidodendron branches After about an hour we made our way to the second site and spent the rest of the day there. I love to visit this site because I seem to keep finding something new on every visit. This time around I decided to break down a huge block and ended up with a lot of exciting finds. Lepidostrobophyllum lanceolatum Cross section of a Calamites cistii trunk showing the cell structure Asterophyllites longifolius Asterophyllites sp. Terminal Shoots Asterophyllites sp. (including this really big Calamites branch) Sphenophyllum emarginatum Cyclopteris fimbriata(?) Cyclopteris sp. I have found other seed ferns at the site before, but Laveineopteris rarinervis is definitely the most common fern. It also seems to be the only fern of which you will find blades. While splitting the large block down, I ended up breaking on a plane that exposed multiple Laveineopteris rarinervis blades. Unfortunately the largest blade was cut off by the end of the rock. Perhaps against my better judgment I decided to carry the huge plate out. Even after cutting off the excess rock at home it is still very heavy. And just because it would not be a hunt in the Llewellyn Formation without me finding something that I totally don't know what it is, here is a mystery plant.
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Hi! I work at a children's museum in Tennessee, and we go out to local elementary schools and teach science lessons. One of them is on fossils... how they form, how they are found, what they can tell us about life in the past, etc. I have been tasked with organizing our materials for this particular lesson to give to our new teachers. In cleaning out some bins, I found the fossils I have attached below. I have no idea where the museum got them, but my feeling is they have been in our possession a while. I would really like to attach a name to these fossils, what the date range might be, and any other information that would bring these fossils to life, so to speak. Kids love this stuff and I feel they need to be told all the information we can possibly give them, rather than just "it's a fish." Generally I have a plant (?), a fish, and a complete mystery (to me)...coral? sponge? If you need better images, please let me know. So, wonderful Fossil Forum, please do your thing! I and many children thank you in advance! Karla
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I've been finding fossils in limestone, sometimes I find fossils in rock that also appears to have these irregular lines interspersed. They are all shapes and sizes, I’ve attached some pictures. I am just curious as to what these are. Carbonized plant material? Or just inclusions in the rock?
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On Saturday I took a trip to collect some Late Pennsylvanian plant material from the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania. I am still working through my finds and identifying everything, but as an initial matter I had a question about two pieces. I have a guess on what they can be and was hoping someone might be able to confirm my suspicions. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! First, I believe that this fossil preserves the cell structure of a Calamites stem Second, are these the terminal shoots of Asterophyllites? Unfortunately some of it broke in transport back to my house but I took a more complete photo of it in the field. I found a similar example on another piece
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Found this in a forest in Serbia. Is this some kind of forest or maybe sea plant?
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I found this fossil with a bunch of Carboniferous fossils in on the Missouri River near Kansas City. I’m curious to see what it is? Looks like a plant, but I’m not sure, any ideas? The whole thing is 2.5-3 inches long.
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends July 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Eurypterus remipes sea Ssorpion - Silurian - New York 2. Crussoliceras divisum ammonite - Early Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic - Upper Danube Valley, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany 3. Sinespinaspis markhami trilobite - Cotton Formation, Late Llandovery (early Silurian) - Cotton Hill Quarry, Forbes, NSW, Australia 4. Foerstephyllum sp. calcified algae on ramose stromatoporoid sponge - Middle Ordovician - Willamson County, Tennessee 5. Tona galea gastropod - Zanclean, Lower Pliocene - Southwest France 6. Xenophora crispa gastropod - Zanclean, Lower Pliocene - Southwest France 7. Chesapecten middlesexensis encrusted by Balanus concavus - Eastover Formation, Cobham Bay Member (Late Miocene) - Virginia 8. Chonetes bastini brachiopod - Pridoli, Silurian, Leighton Formation - Pembroke, Maine 9. Craspedites mosquensis ammonite - Jurassic, Volgian (Tithonian), Craspedites nodiger ammonite zone - Samara Oblast, Kashpir, Russia 10. Eden Valley Opalised Wood with possible insect traces - Eocene, Green River Fm - Sweetwater County, Wyoming
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Strange fossil. Found in wash south of Santa Fe, NM. P-wood in area. It is a heavy crystal rock with many swirls and whirls. Might be a coral. But just can't tell. An enigma---
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I'm super new to fossils and was wondering if anyone knows what this is?
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I am unable to identify these pieces from my grandad's collection. He is now unable to clearly see and so sadly couldn't identify it. It must be something, he was a zoologist and the shale meant enough to have a crack repaired. Parts look like bones to me. I'd love to get these identified so I can prep them, making them clearer so he can see them clearer again.
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends June 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Echinocaris punctata phyllocarid (dual valves) - Middle Devonian, Moscow Formation, Hamilton Group - Deep Springs Road Quarry, Lebanon, New York 2. Mecaster lusitanicus echinoid - Tentúgal Fm, Cenomanian (C level) - Montemor-o-Velho, Coimbra, Portugal 3. Pedioceras sp, ammonite - Early Cretaceous, Paja Formation - Villa de Leyva, Colombia 4. Ringed nematodes - Pennsylvanian, Stark Shale Member - Kansas City, Missouri 5. Concavus concavus barnacle - Pliocene (Zanclean) - Rafina-Pikermi, Attika, Greece 6. Vaccinites sp. rudist - Late Cretaceous, Lower Afling-Formation, Gosau-Group - Roemaskogel-30, Kainach bei Voitsberg, Styria, Austria 7. Presently unidentified insect (possibly Horntail Wasp or Sawfly) - mid-Upper Miocene, Beluga Formation - Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska IMAGES REMOVED 8. Spiriferid brachiopod - Mississipian - Indiana 9. Tumidocarcinus giganteus crab - mid-Miocene - Canterbury, New Zealand
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Your Guess is Better Than Mine: Fossil Calamite? Scaled bark? Animal? ( Missouri )
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: ???? Hello! it is I once again I was curious on what this might be as it looks different from what I usually see in this type shale I have found Pyrite Calamites in shale but they usually don't have this texture so I was unsure of what exactly it may be. Zoomed in picture of the texture: Other side of this shale: Not Sure if these will help with the ID but here is the picture with the end pieces visible also for those interested here is the pyritized calamite I found near this: -
This is said to be a coconut tree fossil. It’s from Liaoning, China. I don’t think Liaoning has coconut tree, rather does it look like a palm tree?
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A friend asked me if this might be a fossil. I don’t know but I do know where to ask! The piece is heavy and will just barely take a scratch from a high-carbon steel pick. Thanks in advance!
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