Corys Lane, RI Carboniferous ferns etc!

[RFausta]

About a year ago, I took a trip to go collect at Corys Lane, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Today I was super bored so I decided to finally unwrap and photo my collections! I have a vague idea of some of these, but a lot of them are well beyond my experience. I have positive/negative of two of these pieces. Any input on genera etc is welcome  i have larger filesize photos of all these but i had to ensmallen them to fit here

[Fossildude19]

The first looks similar to J in the lower right of the image below. Sphenopteris minutisecta ?

Beautiful piece!

The rest looks  like mostly Pecopteris, and I see some possible Lepidodendron there as well. 

Very nice finds all around!  

Congrats on the great finds.

  

 

[RFausta]

hmm, thats a definite maybe on the Sphenopteris, the pictures from that publication just arent clear enough for me to really nail that down. H is the same species, and it resembles the 3rd from last picture more, I think. What a crazy veination pattern the first item has! I might have to break out the microscope camera to really do it justice. Definitely lots of Class Pteropsida, and almost a complete absence of Spenopsida (possibly one or two tiny fragments). At least two different species of Lepidodendron, though my eyes are just about done trying to turn the fossils jusstttt righttttt to get a grasp on the patterns (7th down has a small impression on lower right corner). 
 

are there any more recent publications on this particular flora? I cant seem to find any but my google-fu is not strong today! 
 

Next up: a trip fir Cretaceous fossils in New Jersey the 2nd week of March.. pity New Hampshire is ENTIRELY devoid of fossils. Ugh.

[PaleoNoel]

2 hours ago, RFausta said:

 

Next up: a trip fir Cretaceous fossils in New Jersey the 2nd week of March.. pity New Hampshire is ENTIRELY devoid of fossils. Ugh.

I feel your pain. Welcome to the forum from your fellow Granite Stater! Good luck in Jersey, there are some nice fossils to be found.

[Monica]

Nice flora finds from a state that I don't see many fossils from - thanks for sharing!

[Shamalama]

19 hours ago, RFausta said:

 

 

 

You should take a closer look at this specimen. I think there is a microconchid attached to one of the leaflets. If so it either washed in when the swamp flooded, or the leaf was submerged long enough for it to colonize and grow.

[Fossildude19]

8 minutes ago, Shamalama said:

 

You should take a closer look at this specimen. I think there is a microconchid attached to one of the leaflets. If so it either washed in when the swamp flooded, or the leaf was submerged long enough for it to colonize and grow.

Nice catch, Dave! 

 

[RFausta]

14 minutes ago, Shamalama said:

 

You should take a closer look at this specimen. I think there is a microconchid attached to one of the leaflets. If so it either washed in when the swamp flooded, or the leaf was submerged long enough for it to colonize and grow.

If you mean the indentation right about center frame, that was a cleaning error with a point tool. If not.. i will look! -edit- yup, thats where my point tool slipped as i was trying to remove the layer above it. 

Edited February 18, 2020 by RFausta

[Shamalama]

Just now, RFausta said:

If you mean the indentation right about center frame, that was a cleaning error with a point tool. If not.. i will look!

Well, that could also be the case. If so, bummer, but you still have a good fern specimen there.