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From the album: Neutache Shoreline
4/5/24 Nice partially rooted m3. Bright orange color on tips of enamel. #VL5© CC BY-NC
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This was collected in creek that's primarily Cretateous Eagle Ford with some Woodbine mixed in, closest thing I've seen is accretionary lapilli but don't think that would be here, maybe something algae related? Other side has lines that resemble roots and you can see little holes where the spheres are imbedded but not sure if the two are related. Last image is side shot. Any ideas?
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I found this piece in my back yard a couple of years back and I still don't know what it is. It is Pennsylvanian, Glenshaw Formation and from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Thanks in advance for all help.
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I was rooting around in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Beaver County yesterday and found some interesting plant fossils. They are Pennsylvanian and out of the Glenshaw Formation. Not sure if they're identifiable or if I would need a microscope to ID. Any help is appreciated.
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Hello, this find looks like a fossilized tree root the way it winds through this approximately 15 inch long 10 inch wide chunk. There were bigger boulders with more pieces in, but the third picture showed the movement better. Can anyone verify what it is? It was found along a creek in Monroe county West Virginia in an area with many crinoid remnants. I’m new to fossil hunting with my kids and want to learn as much as I can! The second picture is beautiful and different than anything I found before too. Thank you for any help!
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The tree fern genus Tempskya, known from worldwide Cretaceous deposits, was first reported from a North Carolina site in the February 1970 issue of the Lapidary Journal (article reprinted in February 1977 issue). A follow-up article on additional finds appeared in the January 1978 Lapidary Journal. The collecting site is now inaccessible and overgrown. Cut and polished trunk slabs show multiple roughly oval-shaped structures that are stems, surrounded by a mass of tiny roughly circular structures that are roots. Stems often have knobby projections that are budding leaf petioles, and free leaf petioles can appear in single or multiple horseshoe-shaped structures as the grow towards the trunk's surface. Photos show a collection of 31 of 40+ North Carolina slab specimens.
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This tooth was found in the side of an eroding bank . It was covered in clay and at the time wasn't even sure what it was . It was found on the edge of the black hills near Sundance Wyoming about a month an a half ago
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Mid-Devonian (Archaeopteris) fossil forest in peril, Cairo, New York
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
The world's oldest fossilized forest is in Greene County. It needs saving. Roger Hannigan Gilson, Times Union, Aug. 5, 2021 The world’s oldest known fossil forest has been discovered in a quarry in upper New York state By Kelly Murray, CNN, December 20, 2019 The open access paper is: Stein, W.E., Berry, C.M., Morris, J.L., Hernick, L.V., Mannolini, F., Ver Straeten, C., Landing, E., Marshall, J.E., Wellman, C.H., Beerling,D.J. and Leake, J.R., 2020. Mid-Devonian Archaeopteris roots signal revolutionary change in earliest fossil forests. Current biology, 30(3), pp.421-431. open access Yours, Paul H.- 2 replies
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Central Pennsylvania (USA); Pottsville Formation, grey shale.... in situ boulder removed and split at home For starters, it does split but it also kinda breaks into hunks and crumbles a bit. Is that correctly described as "nodular shale"? There are a lot of slender black long things without a great deal of definition, and one piece has these round shapes. I think I'm looking at Stigmaria rootlets and where the rootlets attach to the main root. I'll try to add photos of presumed rootlets later. Would welcome any further enlightment. Thanks!
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Hello guys! Initially I was thinking about roots of some plants, then I realized there are no plants during this time period. It's Ordovician. Found between Montreal and Laval, Lac du Preries. Could this be Hallucigenia ? N.2 N.4 N.6 N.7 N.8
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I've never found anything like this. 3 roots (1 broken)
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Hello, I was using a chisel on rocks, and this immediately caught my attention, hair/root like strands trapped in this rock, they are definitely look not fossilized, as they bend freely, they are about 4cm long. Theres also this much bigger circular-like thing.found in Northamptonshire, UK which is mostly Jurassic in age, thanks. I don't think it's modern, as it was completely surrounded/trapped in rock, and the rock was very hard. The camera was really not good at catching these fibres in a picture, sorry. Also, sorry if I do not reply quickly, the internet is having a few issues.
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Good morning all! Had a few minutes over lunch to run to a new road cut and found this- my first impression was some form of twigs/stems without leaves, or roots, especially with the angles, as opposed to burrows, but, I've been wrong numerous times before eh? There appears to be some very faint lines associated with these (annotated picture). Appreciate any thoughts-there is the faint impression of a shell in the rock, which I believe is winterset limestone. Thanks all! Stay healthy! Bone
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Found this rock today hiking with the kids. Never really been much into fossils but man this was interesting. Started thinking about how old it might be and if there's anything else that I'm not seeing due to my lack of knowledge. Came across this site so thought I would post it . Found in Niagara Bruce Trail in Ontario Canada...Rock was probably 14"-16 by 10" by 8" deep.
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The remains of a muddy area.
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REAL? 3 Mosasaur Roots on Matrix
keithmegalodon posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hey TFF, I know these mosasaur roots can be quite tricky to see if they have been restored/ faked roots or if they are real (well at least for me it is ) I found these mosasaur roots on matrix with the plaster to protect it and is being sold in a reliable website but was wondering if the roots of these teeth have been faked or if they are real. I just really like this piece and would really like to purchase it. Thanks guys.
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I started collecting fossils with vertebrates, sometimes my friend and me we found fossil plants. But the plant fossils have less importance than the fish and amphibians, acanthodians and sharks ........ years later I became a gardener, graduated from the master school and asked me only the question ... how did it all start? When did the first plants keep the head out of the water and populate the still inanimate land? I rummaged through the internet, which I found first - Rhynia ..... and similar plants as Psilophyton ... now had suddenly the first finds of the Perm meaning, the puzzle grew, still growing ... every fossil is a Wonders how fragile plants can be, how wonderful, if we can find them as fossils. ..... Then I moved, now in the middle of the Devon and have a famous place of reference before the door ... Plants of Alken on the Moselle! I found some plants like Psilophyton and saw some collectors hunting for Trilobites...the plants had been thrown away,....perhaps they didn´t know about it!!! Pity for them - what a blessing for me !
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Most of these are coming from a recently found 2' thick bed near Rose's point. The first (wetted) is from where Peenpack Trail ( a road) and gas pipeline cross; looks like roots as they and their path through the rock are in three dimensions. Gordon
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Devonian Radial Structures from Tully Formation (NY) This is a radial patterned fossil I collected during our 4th of July trip to Tully, NY. Would appreciate input as to whether these radial structures are random, marine creature, or plant. In one closeup, there appears to be some branching. I included full view and closeup images to help with the ID. Since we found some fossils that appear to be Devonian tree shoots in what is mostly a shallow marine environment this could be a creature, or plant, or just a random pattern in the rock. I was hoping some of you could spot some clues to solve this mystery. Thanks! 1A - FULL VIEW 2A - FULL VIEW 3A - FULL VIEW 4A - CLOSEUP 5A - CLOSEUP 6A - CLOSEUP - Arrows show where one structure appears to branch
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