Roby Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Below is the fertile fern found in pit 2 fall 2019. It was identified by Fiddlehead early this December as being Crenulopteris mazoniana. The significance being the rarity of fertile ferns in the Mazonia fossil flora. Hope to gain more information on this specimen in the new Flora book once publish. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Very nice! Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Awesome fossil! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Very special. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I see it has scientific significance. But what exactly is a fertile fern? Can ferns be infertile? Sorry for the dumb question My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Moved to MEMBER COLLECTIONS. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 That is indeed a rare and significant find, and even better it is quite beautiful too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 18 hours ago, RuMert said: I see it has scientific significance. But what exactly is a fertile fern? Can ferns be infertile? Sorry for the dumb question With the spores around the leaves, in white ? Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper559 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Very Nice !!! Congratulations !!! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 18 hours ago, RuMert said: I see it has scientific significance. But what exactly is a fertile fern? Can ferns be infertile? Sorry for the dumb question Here is a good website discussing the structure of ferns in some detail: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/ferns/structure.shtml , but the short answer is that the terms are referring to two parts of the same plant- on some ferns only the fertile fronds contain the spore cases (sporangia) for reproduction- those white structures lining the edge of the leaf that this post is about, while most fronds are infertile. I am certain @fiddlehead could give a much more in-depth answer as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roby Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Mazonia had two types of ferns, true ferns like today and seed ferns. Seed ferns went south with the Permian extinction. True ferns diversified resulting in different locations of spore placement. The thing I don't know is this a seed fern, I believe it is not since true ferns of that time had the spores on the under side of the leaves. Please note the books I have are no longer up-to-date with the times. Today is when most of the results of Mazonia flora research is coming to fruition. I'm no longer able to keep up name changes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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