Nimravis Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Yesterday at work, I ran into a co-worker who knew that I collected fossils. He had me meet him at an area on his property in Coal City that was having some construction taking place and advised me that he thought concretions were there. I started looking around and found a number of them. Unfortunately, this area will covered over today. Below are a couple that I found in situ. I found this big concretions opened and face down. I rubbed it on my pants leg and thought it might be an Asterophyllites, but with my eyes and they way the dirt was moved by my rubbing it, I could not tell. The first thing that I did when I got home was to clean it and this beautiful piece emerged, I wish I had the other half. The fossil it’s self it 5” long and I have never found one like it before. I sent out a couple PM’s for an ID and I am just waiting. I did not get home until after 8 pm and that stopped me from posting more pictures from the collection I just purchased. But actual fossil collecting takes precedent. I also found these two Neuropteris pieces that were opened- this is what they looked like after cleaning. I also have this piece in the car that I just took a picture of- it looks like coprolite, but I will have to clean it up. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Some really gorgeous flora there, Ralph! That long Lycopodites /foliated lycopsid twig is especially attractive. You have got concretions coming at you from every angle these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 26 minutes ago, deutscheben said: Some really gorgeous flora there, Ralph! That long Lycopodites /foliated lycopsid twig is especially attractive. You have got concretions coming at you from every angle these days. Thanks Ben, I really like this piece a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Nice haul for a quick after work hunt. Too bad it was being covered over. Congrats on the larger mystery fossil. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, FossilNerd said: Nice haul for a quick after work hunt. Too bad it was being covered over. Congrats on the larger mystery fossil. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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