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Hello, I found these in an Eocene formation near Menton (France). Maybe the no.1 is a coral or a just a rock? While the other, is it the part of a plant (lenght 6 cm)? Thank you
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Hi folks, me again ... Went back to the shale pit to "crack a few" in search of something new, well, you know what I mean. There were several fossils like the one pictured. Some appeared to be straight across the bottom like a brachiopod but could have looked that way due to the break in the split. Can you tell if this is plant or animal ? I searched the regular sources and found little (no) relatively info. Next time there, I'll try to get better examples. Thanks again,
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From the album: Cory's Lane, Rhode Island Fossils
Large Negative imprint of Pecopteris arborescens. Found in 2017 at Cory's Lane fossil locality, Rhode Island. -
Palm inflorescence? - Novice questions about prepping
abctriplets posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
As I had posted in my trip summary (http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/76375-summer-road-trip-part-2-kemmerer-fish-dig-updated/) one of my 9-year-olds discovered a palm inflorescence at a fish dig in Wyoming a few weeks ago. We are completely new to this hobby/obsession. Would this be something that would be worthwhile to have prepped? What might a final product look like? And how would you go about displaying it? (and I can recognize that this would be well beyond our novice skill set, we'd be outsourcing this to someone more skilled)
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Here's another fossil from Carbondale, shaped like a check, or an L or a 7. Two in fact, I split the rock and it's inside it as well, so its thick. Any ideas?
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Hello, bought this in a museum, the lady behind the counter did not know where their fossils came from exactly. The back label said fossil fish chin. Other than the fish ID I am wondering if only the chin is the real fossil and everything else is carved in? I understand it has been painted over. Also, Can any one ID the plant on There? Are the plant fossils real? Any thoughts? Thank you
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Hi, I am in Utah on vacation and my friends wife wants to find a plant fossil. I bought a guide book but the location in the book was unproductive. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Andy
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From the album: Carbondale, PA
Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period 299-323 myo -
fossil id.some kind of jellyfish? or plant life?chunk of bone?
rockmsockm posted a topic in Fossil ID
here is a strange fossil found rock collecting in west Virginia.anyone have a clue?
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Plant or feather (Glen Rose / Devils River Lower Cretaceous Texas)
Mr.Marcus posted a topic in Fossil ID
Could someone please help me identify this fossil. I'm not sure if it is a plant or feather. My instincts tell me it is some sort of filtering sea plant. I found it while fossil hunting with my boys on top of small mountain approximately 3 miles west-northwest of Camp Wood, TX. The geologic atlas of Texas indicates that the formation is the Lower Devils River / Upper Glen Rose (Lower Cretaceous). The fossil is 1.5" x 0.5"..thumb.jpg.3233dd0f134ec6e833e8d7e7b13923c7.jpg)
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Can anyone say what the carboniferous plant in the lower left corner is? The vein preservation is poor, but is this maybe Mariopteris? Found at Cory's Lane, Rhode Island
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From the album: Cory's Lane, Rhode Island Fossils
Small plate of Alethopteris. Found in 2017 at the Cory's Lane fossil locality, Rhode Island. -
From the album: Cory's Lane, Rhode Island Fossils
Another small plate of Alethopteris. Found in 2017 at the Cory's Lane fossil locality, Rhode Island. -
I found this walking, stuck in a dirt road right next to the Birch River in Nicholas County West Virginia. Just curious what others think it could be. I thought maybe it was just a strange mineral deposit. Sorry about the wonky tags for this post. This requirement is way beyond my knowledge in the area of fossils - which is nothing.
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I have shown many people these... I believe they are leaves... Can anyone else see the overlapped leaves? Or negative images... Not your typical leaf fossil I know... Curious if anyone else can see it....
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Hello, I just found this strange rock on a rocky beach in southern Italy - Europe. The rock is flat and well levigated all around... the central part has some blackish shades... and as You can see has all those strange lines/spikes starting from center... at first I thought about a sea urchin... but what attracted me most are those ramifications at top of the spikes and in between them... this detail make me wonder if is some kind of plant... Is it a fossil or is just my imagination that makes me believe that? Thanks for the attention...
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Hi all, I was walking around NE Kansas when I started finding a bunch of coral pieces, neospirifers, neochonetes, derbyia, chinois stems and various other parts and pieces when I found this. I was wondering if it is some kind of plant or what? I initially thought they were small fusulinid imprints but I could be wrong. Any help is welcome. PS the pictured piece is approx 6 inches wide
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Found this in some pants, presumably from a trip to Hancock for fossil collecting. At first I thought it was a common burrow, but then I noticed a carbonized streak, could it be a plant? Mahantango formation, givetian.
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I joined my fossil club on a spring hunt in a quarry in central Iowa. The vast majority of the exposed bedrock is Devonian, and the goal for most is finding the elusive trilobites. Success was limited on this visit. I had only a dozen partials in my bucket. So after 5 hours of splitting rock, I asked the knowledgeable members about the Pennsylvanian strata that I had read about. They pointed me in the general direction ...up, up, up. they also informed me the exposures were limited to small areas deposited in a valley situation. The glaciers otherwise had removed this strata over most of the area. Sounds like I was going on a wild goose chase! To be honest, finding fossil plants was quite easy. Because of the location, I was very limited to what I could drag down. I am finding it difficult to find proper literature on this group of plant fossils, so I am hoping some help can be had!! Here are a few typical examples. They are about an inch wide: This seems to be something leaf like:
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Hi everyone...Can this be a fossil of calamities gigas? I don't know the provenance. Thanks
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While I was looking at a recent post here on the forum trying to help someone identify a Lepidodendron tree root I realized I had found something similar to Lepidodendron bark that I had just assumed was a piece of coral since I found it near other aquatic fossils. I found is somewhere near Decorah, Iowa (I don't remember exactly where). It's a bit worn, but does anyone know what it is?
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Have a box-ful's worth of fragile plant fossils. I've heard of a glue-water-mix preparation trick but don't know exactly how to do it or if it is the best way to go at it. The fossils are in a sandy-black shale and some are fragile enough to break just by holding them. If this has been posted before just send me a link to the original. Thanks;
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I picked this little piece up in Alpine WY. The lady I obtained it from says she got it in Kemmerer. Any idea what it is?
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From the album: Carbondale, PA
I found a whole plate of these, but somehow only the one example made it home. 13mm long Carbondale, PA Lewellyn Formation Pennsylvanian period 299-323 myo
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