piranha Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Picea sp. - Miocene, Poland Alnus carpinoides - Oligocene, Oregon Keteleeria rujadana - Oligocene, Oregon Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Oligocene, Montana Pinus latahensis - Oligocene, Oregon Sequoia dakotensis - Cretaceous, South Dakota Araucaria mirabilis - Jurassic, Argentina A.mirabilis slice & Araucarioxylon sp. round Pararaucaria patagonica - Jurassic, Argentina Lepidodendron sp. - Carboniferous, Poland Edited January 6, 2011 by piranha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Nice collection Scott! The Araucaria mirabilis are very cool! Here's a couple of cones from the Allenby Formation (middle Eocene) found near Princeton, British Columbia. Chamaecyparis sp. I've got a few more that I'll have to photograph and post. Dan Edited January 7, 2011 by palaeopix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Nice fossils in a cool category! I've been curious about the 3-D Miocene coned from Poland; how are they preserved? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Nice fossils in a cool category! I've been curious about the 3-D Miocene coned from Poland; how are they preserved? Thanks Auspex! From the collector of these cones: Fossil cones are from brown coal deposits. Organic structure has been replaced by coal. Edited January 6, 2011 by piranha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Its bad light for photos today so I have done my best with a couple of reading lamp things...All from the upper carboniferous of the Lancashire coalfield UK.. The Calamites (seedpod) is infact a cone and is very rare and is called PARACALAMOSTACHYS SPADICIFORMIS, (or it is a version of this, its actually slightly different to the one in the scientific paper) Edited January 6, 2011 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Cont... and a sectioned cone that broke on popping recently 'ish' and I thought I would polish a bit and see whats what... You got some very nice material there in your collection... Good thread ! Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 There's some really cool stuff here. I can't add much, just the only 2 ones I've got. Can't really identify them either. Lower Tertiary. Salzburgerland Middle Oligocene. "Steinhardter Erbsen", Rheinland-Pfalz. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanK Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) These are my Calamites cones (Calamostachys) - Carboniferous Edited January 6, 2011 by RomanK Roman http://s1143.photobu.../donbassfossil/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 After seeing these quality specimens, I would be too embarassed to show mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Wow that Carboniferous stuff is really cool! Thanks for sharing those photos. Here are two more photos, one from a previous post and the other collected recently (well in April of 2010 anyway). Metasequoia occidentalis. Allenby Formation (lower middle Eocene), Princeton, British Columbia. Chamaecyparis sp. Allenby Formation (lower middle Eocene), Princeton, British Columbia. Edited January 20, 2011 by palaeopix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Dan, Roger, Roman and Steve, Bravo and thanks for posting your magnificent fossil cones! Look forward to seeing many more from around the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) I feel a little embarrassed to show mine too, up against all these impressive examples, but I will anyway! First two are from high above Lake Cowichan here on Van. Isld, but I'm not sure the formation/age (most likely Upper Cretaceous) This one is from a site near Nanaimo (Upper Cretaceous) - I think it has been weathered: I'm not sure where this one is from as I did not find it, but it came in a box labeled 'Nanaimo River' (most likely the same place/area as the one above, but could be from elsewhere, mixed in accidentally): Edited January 8, 2011 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Spectacular Eric! I really like the Nanaimo fossil cone! I've spun it around 180 and cropped it. Could you take another photo of it (less matrix) with this orientation and include a scale in cm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Looks like a cycad Spectacular Eric! I really like the Nanaimo fossil cone! I've spun it around 180 and cropped it. Could you take another photo of it (less matrix) with this orientation and include a scale in cm? Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Spectacular Eric! I really like the Nanaimo fossil cone! I've spun it around 180 and cropped it. Could you take another photo of it (less matrix) with this orientation and include a scale in cm? Taking photos is a pain, but for you I'll do it. Might not get to it till tomorrow, or at least til after you're in bed tonight, tho. What are you getting at? Note there is a stem that you have cropped off, but I know it's not easy to spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Taking photos is a pain, but for you I'll do it. Might not get to it till tomorrow, or at least til after you're in bed tonight, tho. What are you getting at? Note there is a stem that you have cropped off, but I know it's not easy to spot. Eric, don't worry about another photo. What's the measurement of the cone including the stem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Today I did a little recon trip to the White Lake Formation located not far from the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory at White Lake near Penticton, British Columbia. As luck had it this was the first and only thing worth keeping that I found today. Metasequoia occidentalis. Specimen is 4cm in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Eric, don't worry about another photo. What's the measurement of the cone including the stem? The cone by itself is about 1cm long. Edited April 19, 2011 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Some very nice material everyone... I had to post these on here to... Lepidodendron cones... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Piranha, Yet another great plant thread with great photos/specimens. Superb! I dont think I have any Cenozoic/Meso cone material--just the Carbonferous material-I'll have to go find the photos and repost. Its nice seeing all of the variety of the cone structures together. Thanks for sharing all! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I second that... It's especially interesting for me to see the Carboniferous cone or cone-like things... wish I had stuff like that to find around here but I can't complain about my Cretaceous stuff - I have quite a variety here from a time when Angiosperms were fairly new, not to mention the fauna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critter Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 These are great! I need to get one If fossils are so rare then why do I have so many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 (edited) Went back to White Lake again today, to see what else I could find (new thread in the works) and came home with three more fossil cones. Here are photos of the two best (of three). Metasequoia occidentalis with associated foliage. Metasequoia occidentalis. Edited January 10, 2011 by palaeopix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Here's one I dug out of storage. It was collected in 2010. The complete cone near the bottom of the photo is 10mm long. I'm thinking this is Alnus sp. It's from the Allenby Formation near Whipsaw Creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just a little one i have from Germany in a nodule certainly the same place the one Ludwigia have,Middle Oligocene. "Steinhardter Erbsen", Rheinland-Pfalz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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