Daniels0n Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Hi everyone. Yesterday we did some digging and found this piece. Not sure if it's a plant of some kind or just a unique pattern in the rock. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Also a nice size leaf for bonus points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I am assuming that being in the Pittsburgh area that the age is Pennsylvanian. Well, it is a plant fossil, but what type? I 'm unsure. Maybe something like Aphlebia sp. ? Not sure there is enough detail to tell. Maybe Paleoflor will look in on this. Very cool, though. Your second item looks like it might be a Pecopteris sp. frond, not a leaf. Would need better pictures of the pinnules to be sure. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Nice finds!!! Lots of cool carboniferous plant fossils around here. I haven't found any like that yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Neat plants. Welcome to the forum. Yeah that first one does look like Aphlebia/Rhacophyllum...There is a cone Cordaianthus that has some feathery looking features like your specimen but I dont have enough smarts to determine anything more specific with this photo and would ask for the expertise from others. Maybe Tim or someone else has some additional thoughts. Yep if the preservation is there a sharper picture of the 2nd frond specimen and how the leaflets (pinnules) are attached to the stems could narrow an ID on that as well--does look Pecopterid like with the bases fully attached to the stem. Nice finds! Thanks for showing us. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniels0n Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Thanks for the input! We went out again on Saturday and found some new to us stuff. I'm researching them now and will post my findings. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Welcome to the Forum. Nice finds! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniels0n Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Okay. Did some research today and I THINK I've identified one of our finds from this past weekend. I believe the first image though not the best fossil is a annularia leaf from a calamite tree The second photo I haven't found anything in my searches online. Anyone have any ideas? As always thanks for all your insight! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniels0n Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Couple more pieces that I can't quite find any info on. The image with the penny may not even be a fossil but I found it weird that the raised part would be in just that one spot. The last image is a bit blurry because the fossil is so small. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) Your annularia ID looks spot on to me! Your second one (in the last pics you added) that spreads out a little bit like a fan reminds me of one I have that was just ID'd as cordaite if I remember correctly... Wish I could help more!!! Nice finds!!! Edited July 3, 2015 by lissa318 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniels0n Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Thanks Lissa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) Great fossils. Not sure what to make of the first one. Is the photo taken "face on" or at an angle to the surface on which the plant remains are located? For the second one, I would follow Tim in that it is probably a pecopterid frond of some sort. For further identification, you need the nervation. I would also ID the third photo as Annularia. What is the scale of this image? Perhaps you can identify this one to the species level. It could be interesting/useful to compare your fourth fossil to Lepidostrobophyllum, the bracts/scales of lycophyte cones. Number five puzzles me. Fascinating specimen! Hope someone can identify it for you. Will follow that one with interest. Perhaps you can help by supplying a sharper photo? Photo six could indeed be Cordaites leaves, or another Annularia (no scale and no veins visible). I would call the seventh one a concretion, but not sure. The last photo is not sharp enough to say... Edited July 3, 2015 by paleoflor Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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