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Summer Hunt On The Coal Heap Northern France


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I went on the coal heap to hunt for carboniferous fossils today

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Maybe a fruiting body of some sort?

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Looks like a seed to me. Not Trigonocarpus but some other type. Bruno or Roman will probably be able to tell you for sure. You are having a very productive collecting season this year!

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Nice one. Interesting to see the connection to the stem. What kind are these?

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Wow Gery!

Sorry I cannot help with ID's.

Lovely finds, and great report. :D

Thanks for documenting it for us.

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Thanks Tim and Stocksdale,i think it is a sphenopteris sp like this one(thanks to show the picture in a big scale,i still not find how to do that)

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Very well preserved,gotta love those " favorites of the day " enjoy!

Edited by Precambrian Man

Just how deep is deep time?..... :unsure:

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