Carboniferous winter hunt

[nala]

I went in my fav sites to look after new carboniferous plants

[nala]

SIGILLARIA TRUNK 

Pecopteris 

Eusphenopteris

[nala]

My best piece was this Mariopteris plate

close up 

And a good Lepidodendron trunk also

[caldigger]

Whoo wee! 

 

How far do you have to hike with a 100 kilo backpack on? 

[Fossildude19]

Fantastic finds, Gery. 

Looks a bit cold there. 

Thanks for the report!   

[FossilNerd]

I love fossilized plant material!  Nice finds. Thanks for sharing. 

[nala]

10 hours ago, caldigger said:

Whoo wee! 

 

How far do you have to hike with a 100 kilo backpack on? 

Thanks Doren,yes it's a long way,but i didn't need the helmet  

[nala]

Thanks Tim and FossilNerd ,two more Mariopteris plates

[RuMert]

1 hour ago, nala said:

Thanks Doren,yes it's a long way,but i didn't need the helmet

Mistake, you'd better wear a helmet in quarries

[Monica]

Nice stuff, Gery!  I especially love the trunk pieces - very nice!!! 

[Shamalama]

Beautiful finds Gery. You have a good spot there.

[caldigger]

4 hours ago, nala said:

Thanks Doren,yes it's a long way,but i didn't need the helmet  

Ah come on, you can stuff a few pieces under that helmet netting!

[deutscheben]

Super Mariopteris! I like the bark specimens too- is that Sigillaria showing two different layers of bark?

[Misha]

Absolutely incredible fossils!

[Tidgy's Dad]

Beautiful fossils. 

[stats]

Very nice!   Can't wait for spring to get here!

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[nala]

5 hours ago, deutscheben said:

Super Mariopteris! I like the bark specimens too- is that Sigillaria showing two different layers of bark?

IT's the imprint of the upper part of the bark on the sides and under the bark in the middle

Thanks RuMert,Monica,Dave,Misha,Tidgy's Dad,and  stats for the comments

It's always better when clean

 

[nala]

[stats]

1 minute ago, nala said:

 

 

Those pyritized leaves are beautiful!  How often do you find them that way?  Are they stable or do they flake off?   Are they Mariopteris or Laveinopteris?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yup, those are now even more stunning. 

[nala]

26 minutes ago, stats said:

 

Those pyritized leaves are beautiful!  How often do you find them that way?  Are they stable or do they flake off?   Are they Mariopteris or Laveinopteris?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

This kind of  "Glossy" imprints are very stable and are not very common,it's a Eusphenopteris frond 

[Ludwigia]

That site really does seem to be inexhaustable!

[nala]

6 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

That site really does seem to be inexhaustable!

I fact,the first site will be totally finish in one or two years,and the second in five years,the other coal heap are protected .i will be very hard to find good carboniferous plants soon

6 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

That site really does seem to be inexhaustable!

6 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

That site really does seem to be inexhaustable!

39 minutes ago, stats said:

 

Those pyritized leaves are beautiful!  How often do you find them that way?  Are they stable or do they flake off?   Are they Mariopteris or Laveinopteris?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

This kind of  "Glossy" imprints are very stable and are not very common,it's a Eusphenopteris frond 

[Ludwigia]

1 hour ago, nala said:

I fact,the first site will be totally finish in one or two years,and the second in five years,the other coal heap are protected .i will be very hard to find good carboniferous plants soon

 

Then I guess it makes sense to stock up on them, eh?

[nala]

 I find ,most of the time, new pieces or better samples,I 'm alway glad to share my finds with friends also