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Triassic Cumnock Formation..Ginkgo leaves? And Plant Stems?
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Made another trip to the Triassic Cumnock formation of North Carolina. Split a LOT of shale, got what I believe are 3 nice plant fossils!!! (6 total since they split) One looks like a compression fossil of ginkgo leaves I think..the other 2 I think are plant vasculature. Can someone confirm this? I want to make sure these are actual fossils too, not pseudofossils... Also, I found some nodules as a part of one of the plant stems with odd bluish yellow minerals..not sure what that is. Thanks everyone!!- 15 replies
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Triassic Cumnock formation North Carolina Cyzicus and unknown plant?
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil ID
So I just made a trip to a publicly accessible creek that cuts through the Triassic Cumnock formation of North Carolina. Made a couple of nice finds. An unknown plant fossil, it’s worn down a bit, but anyone think they can ID? Also found a TON of what I believe are Cyzicus fossils, the largest are just shy of 1cm. Can anyone confirm these are Cyzicus? Thanks for the help!!!- 10 replies
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I my name is Alexander. I live in North Carolina's Triassic basin near the Pekin Formation where there is a plethora of Triassic fossils. However its from the Carnian Epoch 231 MYA so no early dinosaurs here unfortunately. The Triassic basin I live in is part of the Newark supergroup, which is a string of large Triassic lakes that stretches from Canada all the way to South Carolina and were made by rift valleys caused by the separating of Pangaea. Here is some Triassic wildlife that's been found in the Pekin Formation 232 -231 MYA: Uatchitodon kroehleri Archosaurus sp. Rhynchosaurus sp. Rutiodon carolinensis Revueltosaurus olseni Longosuchus sp. Carnufex carolinensis Placerias hesternus
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