Devonian Plants In Bluestone

[Stocksdale]

I used some quarried "Pennsylvanian Bluestone" for a fountain in our backyard several years ago. I noticed plant fossils in one of the stones but didn't really think about it much until recently with my new interest in fossils. Anyway, I realized that these are likely upper Devonian stones from the Catskill Formation. According to this page on the "bluestone industry", "The sand-size grains that make up bluestone were deposited during the Middle to Upper Devonian Period of the Paleozoic Era, roughly 345 to 370 million years ago."

Here's the stone.

Probably nothing terribly significant but decided to have a closer look (scans of the rock in the next post) in case I'm slowly eroding away some significant Devonian plant material.

It will likely go back to its spot in the middle of the fountain....

[Stocksdale]

Here's the scans of the stone. (I'm sure my flatbed scanner appreciates being used this way, I'm sure ).

Like I said, these are probably nothing much and will be returning to the fountain with the added interest that the rock contains some random Devonian plants.

[Fossildude19]

Cool fossils - kind of hard to make out, but neat, none the less.

Thanks for the link - it was very interesting - more so, because I drive directly through Deposit NY, on my way out to Western NY every year at around this time.

Will be going through there next week.

Regards,

[Stocksdale]

Thanks. I think they are probably just neat enough to be a conversation piece to be left in the fountain

[Shamalama]

Looks like miscellaneous plant debris to me. Not enough to worry about loss of scientific data but neat to look at.