Lady_Sif Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 We are slowing finding a few things in our freeze/thaws! Please help ID the six posted below. I am very much a novice on this so my guesses are likely not right, but I tried. 1 & 2: Annularia type? Second pic is how it is also visible from the other plane! It didn't split well, whatever was on top of it crumbled off in the freeze/thaw cycle instead of coming off as a smooth plane so I unfortunately don't have the other half. 3. Probably nothing? I think it's just an unusual fracture, kids are convinced it's more. 4. Coprolite? No clue. 5. Stepanospermum konopeonus? 6. Love this tiny fern! So hard to figure out what kind it is though. Help please! 7. Could this be a caulopteris? THANK YOU! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 @RCFossils @Nimravis @Mark Kmiecik @stats @fiddlehead Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) 1/2. Annularia inflata 3. Fracture result 4. Most likely a ?coprolite. 5. ?Stephanospermum konopeonus is what I settled on in your other post. You repeated this specimen here, and the next one which I think is 6. ?Pecopteris vera 7. Possibly ?Caulopteris or ?Rhabdocarpus Again, wait for others to chime in with their thoughts before you make labels. I just noticed this is the older post? Edited March 22 by Mark Kmiecik Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Sif Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 @Mark Kmiecik Thank you so much! Yes, this is a post from last year that went unseen, so I took the two I was most curious about and put them in the new post - fossildude was kind enough to bump both posts with tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I mostly agree with Mark. 1/2. Annularia inflata 3. Just a suggestive break 4. part of a coprolite 5. Stephanospermum konopeonus (a seed... nice find!) 6. a partial Crenulopteris acadica pinnule 7. i don't think this is anything Cheers, Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Looking at #6 again I have to agree with Rich -- when in doubt, the most common is the most likely. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Sif Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Thanks so much @stats! There's a massive learning curve to ID-ing these, so I really appreciate the help. I'm excited to see what comes from this year's batch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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