Help to identify.

[Paul ward]

Found this at my local river near Manchester in the UK close to a recent landslide, it looks like a tree bark or something to me and is a foot long. Any help to identify and date would be appreciated.

[Manticocerasman]

Stigmaria sp.

Those are fossil roots from the lepidodendron tree ( Carboniferous )

[Paul ward]

56 minutes ago, Manticocerasman said:

Stigmaria sp.

Those are fossil roots from the lepidodendron tree ( Carboniferous )

Thanks for the help, would that make it about 300 million years old?

That's just mind blowing to me how well preserved it is even some of the little nodules are loose and can be pulled out showing the root.

[Manticocerasman]

2 hours ago, Paul ward said:

Thanks for the help, would that make it about 300 million years old?

That's just mind blowing to me how well preserved it is even some of the little nodules are loose and can be pulled out showing the root.

300 million years is close, I would say a little bit more, but since it isn't in situ It would be hard to tell the exact age.

The rock from your fossil is red, this isn't the natural color of the stone, but it is the effect that you get when the rocks are combusted in a terill ( the scree heap that they extract from the coal mines) 

This paper gives more details on how it just works ( it is in French ) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257985387_La_combustion_des_terrils

So I suspect that there has been quite a few coal mines in that area. 

 

 

 

[Paul ward]

The rocks here are a very red sandstone the colour of terracotta and housebricks, my towns name is Radcliffe derived from the old English Red Cliffe.

Thanks for your help, I think I'll go back this week and have a really good look for more.

[Mark Kmiecik]

8 hours ago, Paul ward said:

The rocks here are a very red sandstone the colour of terracotta and housebricks, my towns name is Radcliffe derived from the old English Red Cliffe.

Thanks for your help, I think I'll go back this week and have a really good look for more.

 

Yup, where you've found one you'll usually find more. Go get 'em!

[Paul ward]

On 9/26/2022 at 9:48 PM, Mark Kmiecik said:

 

Yup, where you've found one you'll usually find more. Go get 'em!

The rocks here are a very red sandstone the colour of terracotta and housebricks, my towns name is Radcliffe derived from the old English Red Cliffe.

Thanks for your help,

[Paul ward]

I'm going back this weekend for sure.