altuno Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I am not a fossil hunter nor do i want to be one. Although i do find the subject pretty cool. A few years ago i was playing around in the sandpit at school (i was like 10) and found a fossil. Or what i think is a fossil. I asked the principle if it was one and he said it could be since the school was built on a swamp. I have just recently gotten inetrested in the fossil i found although i know it isnt anything interesting since it just shows a picture of a feather or leave. Here is a picture: http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/Altu...ra/DSC02659.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/Altu...ra/DSC02658.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/Altu...ra/DSC02657.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/Altu...ra/DSC02656.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/Altu...ra/DSC02655.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/Altu...ra/DSC02654.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/Altu...ra/DSC02653.jpg im wondering if anyone coudl tell me anything about it and its value or what time period it could be from(probebly impossible just from a picture) just anything u can about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Nice fossil leaf! where abouts is your school? i dont know what age, the only thing im familiar with that looks similar to yours is a type of plant called Glossopteris, from the permian....although without knowing the location i dont have a clue its more probably carboniferous in age "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altuno Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 Nice fossil leaf! where abouts is your school? i dont know what age, the only thing im familiar with that looks similar to yours is a type of plant called Glossopteris, from the permian....although without knowing the location i dont have a clueits more probably carboniferous in age found it in western australia. should i try to do anythign weith it like chp away some sorounding rock or anything and permian? i doubt im that lucky lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 aha! i new it was! it could very well be glossopteris, its very siimilar to the ones i have from sydney, same mid rib.....if not it could be carboniferous but my bet would be Glossopteris! Glossopteris are actually a type of fern..... Cheers mate "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Yep, looks like a glossopterid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossopteris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altuno Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 Yep, looks like a glossopterid.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossopteris so wait, how many years old would this be? is it worth anything? what can i do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 so wait, how many years old would this be? is it worth anything? what can i do with it? I'm glad you're interested enough to ask You have found something cool! Click on this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossopteris "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...
Guest Nicholas Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 so wait, how many years old would this be? is it worth anything? what can i do with it? 1) Permian period 299 - 251 million years ago 2) Not much unless you find the right collector, or someone who really wants one in their collection. 3) You could donate it, put it in a personal collection, perhaps try to ebay it... the decision is yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Since they are so common, glossopterids are a good index fossil for the Permian of Gondwana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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