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Howdy all, Here's a fossil of a lepidodendron stigmaria (found in association to other lepidodendron material). It was found in a coal seam in Kentucky according to the seller, and I am curious what part of Kentucky this would be from. Nolin Lake sounds likely to me, but I'm unsure.

I've been recently looking into working with b72 for preserving and strengthening some of the pyrite and coal fossils I have. At the moment, I have a few questions regarding this topic: 1) For DFW folk, do you recommend any stores that sell b72 in the DFW area? For others, do you recommend any reputable online stores that ship it? 2) Should I store acetone in the original container I purchased it in? What is the safest part of the house to keep it? 3) What are any general tips/tricks you wish you knew before you started using b72? Feel free to answer as few of my questions as you'd like. All advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

All you experts out there please help me id these finds exploring fishing with my young son yesterday in local river tributary. background info temp 108 degrees f. River spring fed and not dried up like all others in north tx. Between putting worms on 5 year olds hook I found these specimens. 1. first 3 pics found large sandstone that I had a feeling might have a fossil in it due to shape. Started to break edged off with sturdy rock and ended up breaking in half. This is what I found. Coal fossil that has chambers like bamboo. Coniferous fern like plant trunk or stem ??? Id would be much appreciated. Only one other location 60 miles from this I have found that time period nodes we broke open to find fern leafs etc 2. Found this beaver looking skull and possible bison or extinct horse etc in almost water level barely sticking out of bank. Dug em out carefully and skull was intact. Extinct type of beaver or still on this earth type of nutria beaver critter?? Id on skull much appreciated also. Don’t need id on big bone. Have tons of em and someday will get with local college UTA Arlington for id on em. In my opinion extinct bison or other mega fauna. They are very brittle and nose already fell off and superglued back. As well all the cranium lines. Epoxy clear coat will be applied to preserve when ready. Location found was packed damp layer about a foot above water line. Trinity river tributary Texas if this helps for any locals that understand strata layers in north tx. Old dead roots half inch diameter grew through eye socket. washed skull and other bone best as I could with out making it fall into pieces. god bless and excited to hear back Callahan.

Today turned out to be a good day to go through Linton Cannel Coal. I haven't searched the fossil coal in a while. Just for fun, I was looking through some blocks when I spotted a shark spine buried in a thin layer of spore cannel. Usually when I split the coal, I use a knife, but this piece was so thin and fragile I decided to blow of the layer with an air nozzle. When I did this, not only did I see a spine, but nearly a complete Shark was there. Typically the size of the coal block limits the fossil size. Today's fossil Orthacanthus compressus was missing the head and the tip of the tail. Sigh. This shark is from a coal mine in SE Ohio. The coal is Upper Pennsylvanian in age (300 myo). I have included a sketch of what an Orthacanthus may have looked like.