LanceH Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 (edited) Sunday the 26th I took part in a DPS field trip to a plant site in Oklahoma. The locality is in the Savanna Shale which is Pennsylvanian Period, Desmonian (Desmoinesian) stage, 306-308 mya. Edited March 30, 2023 by LanceH 2 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Nice plants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Wow! Regardless of other finds in the group, you picked up some beauties! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Very nice Lance! Congrats on the awesome finds! 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...
doushantuo Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 (edited) NICE.. edit: to further understanding of this topic: the stage Lance mentioned/means is DESMOINESIAN edit two: good terrain photo,BTW Edited March 30, 2023 by doushantuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Spectacular finds!!! Wish we would see more plant fossils. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Love the 'tiger-striped' Sphenophyllum Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Those are some beautiful specimens. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Cool! Really interesting preservation! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 The outcrop looks inviting too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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