historianmichael Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) This past Saturday I collected some Late Pennsylvanian ferns and plants from an exposure of the Llewellyn Formation in Eastern Pennsylvania. I got lucky and found some new things to add to my collection, including the following. I am not quite sure what they are. My guess is that they are associated with a lycopod - possibly the terminal shoot of a lycopod branch where the Cyperites leaves come off. I did find Lepidodendron branches and Cyperites bicarinatus at this site. These fossils are really small - only about 1.5cm to 4cm in length. I also found this fossil that looks a little different than the other five- more cone-like, but I doubt it is a cone. It is also much longer than the other fossils, measuring about 7cm in length. The fossil continues underneath the rock chip- I tried to expose it more but the rock started to separate along the fossil so I stopped. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Edited March 22, 2021 by historianmichael 2 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) Nice looking finds! I'm pretty sure these are indeed finer pieces of Lepidodendron. Though I'm not as confident about lumping the find in the center of your last image into that group. Edited March 22, 2021 by Bguild 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetradium Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 16 hours ago, Bguild said: Nice looking finds! I'm pretty sure these are indeed finer pieces of Lepidodendron. Though I'm not as confident about lumping the find in the center of your last image into that group. You can see some needles like leaves that had fallen off to the sw of the last picture. But they look pretty short when I google image lepidodendron leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, Tetradium said: You can see some needles like leaves that had fallen off to the sw of the last picture. But they look pretty short when I google image lepidodendron leaves. May I ask what you are referring to. Do you mind circling it on the image? Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetradium Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, historianmichael said: May I ask what you are referring to. Do you mind circling it on the image? Hmmm the circles with the question mark seem to be more like scratch marks but you can see one in circle on the right. Just ignore the short line I'm not used to doing this ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetradium Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, historianmichael said: May I ask what you are referring to. Do you mind circling it on the image? Beside when I download and open the image it was much closer and clearer. What I thought was short needles turn out to be more like scratches but the other circle were much more clearer moss like leaves. I'm not a expert on those kind of fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Tetradium said: Beside when I download and open the image it was much closer and clearer. What I thought was short needles turn out to be more like scratches but the other circle were much more clearer moss like leaves. I'm not an expert on those kind of fossils. I understand and appreciate your thoughts nonetheless. I looked at the spots you referred to and I think they are just shadows or something indeterminate. Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetradium Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Ok that's fine with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 The last one looks a little like a Lycopodites sp., but the leaves coming off are more densely packed then in the examples I have seen. Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) On 3/22/2021 at 5:50 PM, historianmichael said: These two specimens indeed look like cone structures; difficult to arrive at a more detailed ID on the basis of the photographs. Edited March 25, 2021 by paleoflor Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, paleoflor said: These two specimens indeed look like cone structures; difficult to arrive at a more detailed ID on the basis of the photographs. After speaking with another member, we determined that these are likely Calamostachys sp., the cones of the extinct horsetail Calamites Edited March 25, 2021 by historianmichael Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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