squalicorax Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I found these plant fossils on a roadcut along the mississippi river in iowa last month. Any clues to their identification? My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 some more My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Wow, nice finds! It looks like some of them appear almost three-dimensional. SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Pic 1, first post; Sphenopteris? Second post, pic 1, Mariopteris? "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...
masonboro37 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Awesome! Especially the second pic's! Beautiful. Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Ric Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 3rd picture looks like cyperite leaves or Stigmaria ficoides?? Nice finds! WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 thanks alot guys. Im new to plant fossils My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Those are sweet Nathan! Mississippian in age? Pennsylvanian? Nice finds buddy! Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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