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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Plant Centralia, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Plant Tremont, PA Llewellyn Formation Carboniferous (Late Pennsylvanian) -
From the album: Llewellyn Formation
Alethopteris Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania-
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Hello all, I have some excess ferns from St. Clair that I am looking to trade for other fossils. I am happy to do individual trades or group trades (will update this to reflect what is and is not available) I am interested in anything and everything fossil related. Some things that interest me (but not limited to): Dinosaur material (Moroccan specimens are welcome) Reptile material Trilobites Display cases / stands Other offers are welcome PACollection.pdf See attached PDF for ferns currently available I am happy to coat the ferns in a clear coat or leave in the raw state at traders request. Below picture is an example of raw state (top) and clear coated (bottom)
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Pennsylvanian (Llewellyn Formation, 308-300 MYA) plant fossils from coal mine tailings near Mt. Carmel, PA.
fossilcrazee posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
This was, essentially, a quick scouting trip based on threads on the Forum. Don't know much about these fossils but wanted to confirm the location and density of Pennsylvanian (Llewellyn Formation, 308-300 MYA) plant fossils from coal mine tailings near Mt. Carmel, PA. (NOT St. Claire, which is closed to collectors). There were abundant specimens, many bearing evidence of pyrite replacement: orange stems and plant hash. There was also some evidence of pyrite replacement by pyrophyllite to yield silver-colored films. Against the black matrix, the silver-film plant fossils are beautiful and, in my view, warrant prolonged and determined searching on a return visit. Once upon a time I had a lovely plate from the St. Clair site .... but it is no longer in my possession. Perhaps, with enough effort, and a bit of luck I can find a suitable specimen to replace it - may not be the pretty ferns but a good specimen to illustrate the fossilization process would be most welcome. . Special thanks to @idiot for location advice.
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From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Laveineopteris rarinervis Gymnosperm Frond Upper Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation Locustdale, PA A gift from historianmichael. Thanks Mike.-
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From the album: Plants
Fern non det. Upper Carboniferous Llewellyn Formation St. Clair Pennsylvania USA -
From the album: Plants
Fern non det. Upper Carboniferous Llewellyn Formation St. Clair Pennsylvania USA -
First of all, thanks to @GordonC for alerting me of the Carbondale sites existence, and secondly Jeff at this site for giving me directions, as well as further information. Okay, so being in the area, about 45 minutes away in lake Wallenpaupack, I decided to take a trip to Carbondale. This trip turned out fantastic, at least I think it did (I've never hunted in Carboniferous stuff, so I may be over excited over what I've found). The information online is sparing, so I'm gonna give a rundown on it here so others can hunt. First you drive to this location . Go between the third and fourth apartment buildings on the right. You will see gravel. Walk behind the dumpster to the brush, about here. Then turn left and walk on the cleared path there. All websites say it's a road, but it's a little to think of driving on. Walk to the end on the path to a clearing, and you will see piles of sediment from the mine. This is what I searched in, it's very fossiliferous. It seems there is a larger hill a little further that's completely made of trainings, but I couldn't find a way to get to it. The actual site I hunted at is here. Go at your own risk, as the place is sketchy, I had one encounter with the local law enforcement. He had no idea of the fossils. The site is Llewellyn formation, late middle to late Pennsylvanian ( which is late Carboniferous). I found lots of logs and calamites and branches and things I have never seen before. Some I'm particularly proud of, and they have put everything else I have collected to shame. I may try for FOTM, but I doubt I'll win, competition just keeps getting tougher and tougher! Y'all will be seeing lots of Carboniferous ID requests from me soon. Here's some pictures of how to get to the site. I didn't take as many as I would have liked because I was excited to find things, to my despair I forgot my bucket, so I was stuck carrying heavy things back to the car. Well, hope this helps people! Happy hunting! Here's one of the piles A smaller one of course
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Here's the first of my finds from Carbondale. It's a plant of some sort, Pennsylvanian. I have a few, these have positive and negatives, some seem to have a few sprouting from one center. I'm new to this time period, so I'm letting you guys ID this for me. Ones a little broke after the ride back, I guess I'll use some super glue.
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Alethopteris frond imprint from Carbondale, PA.
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Alethopteris serlii (seed fern frond imprint) Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation Carbondale, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Sphenophyllum emergenatum Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation Carbondale, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Calamites bark section (detail) Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation Carbondale, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Neuropteris decipiens (leaf) Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation St. Clair, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Alethopteris serlii (frond) Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation St. Clair, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Lepidophyte branch or root section Pennsylvanian' Llewellyn Formation Carbondale, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Annularia sp. (string) Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation Carbondale, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Calamites section Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation Carbondale, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Pectopteris sp., Alethopteris serlii, Sphenophyllum emerginatum Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation St. Clair, PA. -
From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Mariopteris cf. lobata (partially preserved in pyrite) Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation St. Clair, PA.- 3 comments
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From the album: Carboniferous from PA.
Neuropteris ovata, Alethopteris serlli. Sphenophyllum sp. Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation St. Clair, PA.
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