Nimravis Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I collected this concretion back in the early 90’s and I cracked it open yesterday, 6-28-22. I knew it was different and I added it to the Fossil ID section and Jack (Fiddlehead) was nice enough to respond, here was his reply: “Very interesting! In my opinion this is a fertile example of Rhacophyllum molle. This has not been previously published on, or observed, as far as I'm aware. It makes sense that there should be fertile examples of this plant. The leaf-like structures are fertile structures, and may be either seeds or sporangia. This would take a little luck and and closer examination to determine. At this point since there is an odd pattern seen on several may be a clue, and leaning me to think they are sporangia”. Date Found: 1990’s Date Opened: 6-28-22 Scientific and / or Common Name: Fertile Rhacophyllum molle Geologic Age and / or Formation: Carboniferous / Francis Creek Shale State, Province Found: Mazon Creek, Illinois 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 @deutscheben Such a pretty tooth- I just love that site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Never have I seen a month stacked with so many crazy finds. If found at different times many of these could have won any other time, this is exciting! 3 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPayton Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) On 6/25/2022 at 12:02 PM, Brandy Cole said: Husband and I found this very rare, deformed vertebra together on the Brazos River. I don't think I've ever been this jealous of a fossil I've seen on here before. In the several years that I've been hunting the Brazos around Houston I've never found a single mammoth or mastodon vertebra, much less one with one of the craziest pathologies I've ever seen on any fossil. Clearly you need to take your husband on more trips! Suffice to say, I definitely know which vertebrate fossil has my vote this month. Edited June 30, 2022 by GPayton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas1982 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 My last minute entry for invertebrate of the month... Found 6/29/22 Larval Olenellus (species unknown) Cambrian age: Kinzers Formation Lancaster, Pennsylvania 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Very cool. A few hours left--post 'em if you got 'em. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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