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Well, I'm in my new habitat out here in Colorado, and while I miss dearly a good paddle on the river and my fossil hunts in the mud and sand, I had to make a trip out to our local spot at the Florissant Fossil Quarry. The kids seemed to dig smashing shale (it lasted about an hour), and the technique actually yielded our first decent leaf fossil. The shale smasher .. in disguise !! Dad, wanted to take a lighter approach and we did come home with a large bag of shale and some plant and insect specimens. I'll post some of those in this thread, eventually when I scan them. Splitting the shale you will often come upon Reaaaaly tiny insects that my failing vision has a hard time catching. This winged insect (a mosquito ?!) had bits on each side of the rock so I scanned and composited him in Photoshop. Didn't turn out too bad. I'll let you know what else I find. Raw Scans: Composite: Cheers, Brett
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Part II- this is what appears to be a fossil plant in light colored shale-the only fossil found in many many "looks"-found in Kansas City road cut but the only "layer" is the very top of the road cut- I know its above some winterset limestone, but that's as good as I can say- the second is in a different layer, darker shale? and maybe calamites if I compare to my other ones? thanks again for looking! Bone and the second.
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Good morning all!. Finally spring here in Kansas City!. Went out over lunch to a road cut yesterday and found the following smaller "plant" remnants (in three posts). Added my most recent "petrified wood" at the end of this as well- a large, 13lb piece- heavier than the larger one I will place in an album on the forum soon! Need some help (as usual ) on these. They are all Pennsylvanian, but they come from three layers, that unfortunately I don't know-new road cut. The first, and most interesting, is the "branch" that has a cobblestone appearance- whether this is the plant or something that was growing on it? Very close, or "on it" are some shell fragments, so I believe it's likely oceanic in origin? On the backside though it is more interesting, as there is a separate fossil with rounded overlapping "flakes" similar to scales or some of the "burrows" that I've seen on the posts- the edge though is linear striations-so any thoughts welcomed! -maybe just a different crystalline formation even? Bone And on the backside-these images of something else?
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I found that one today at the beach close to Heiligendamm (54.144880, 11.829559). Actually it doesn't looks like a ophiomorpha (Google image search also says so ).At least one thing i know for sure. The white stuff is lime Apart from that the inner side (picture no. 3) looks also very interesting to me.
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Hunting for Fossil Sea Grass in the Avon Park Formation
WILDKYLE posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hey TFF Members! Here's something a little different! Cris and I wanted to change the pace a bit, so we decided to try our hand at finding fossil sea grass here in Florida! We read some old geologic publications from the 1960's with information about where to find this fossil sea grass. Not only are plant fossils very rare from Florida, but these particular fossils are in the oldest exposed formation here in Florida! The middle Eocene Avon Park Formation. We had an awesome time searching for this stuff, and finding it! They might not be the "coolest" looking fossils, but holding some of the oldest fossils that can be found in Florida is such a cool feeling! Hope you can check out the video of our adventure when you get a chance!- 8 replies
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Dear TFF Members, I would like to ask your help with identification of my recent Carboniferous finds: 1 2 3 4 5
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Five fossil plant species, new for the continent, found in Antarctica
Kasia posted a topic in Fossil News
https://www.novinite.com/articles/194887/Bulgarian+Researchers+Discover+Five+New+Plant+Fossils+on+Antarctica-
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St Clair Plant Fossil_ShalePlate_FrontView with Fossil ID
hitekmastr posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Carboniferous Plant Fossils in My Collection
This shale piece is 14 inches wide and 8.5 inches tall. It contains at least 3 species of fossil plant leaves as shown.© Copyright (c) 2019 by Michael Tomczyk. All rights reserved.
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