Micah Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I know figuring out the IDs of bug wings can be very difficult, but if anyone on here can help I'd greatly appreciate it! I've found these and some others (that I put somewhere I would definitely remember) near Humboldt, Nebraska in the Indian Cave sandstone member of the Towne Formation which puts their age late Pennsylvanian to early Permian. To be completely honest I've wondered if a couple of them might actually be leaf impressions, but I'll let y'all help me figure that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Sorry I can not help with the ids. But those are some nice pieces! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Thanks Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Those are very nice! Sorry i can't help with IDs. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 pride of my collection, found my first one when I was 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Nice stuff... Yes on wings and not leaves... At least most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I'll go along with JP, although I don't know enough to be able to id them. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 hour ago, jpc said: Nice stuff... Yes on wings and not leaves... At least most of them. Lol my thoughts exactly... the third and fourth ones I've gone back and fourth on, but I'm still pretty sure they're wings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Very nice fossils! I would have called 3 and 4 sphenophyllum leaves, mostly because I have never found insect wings.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 @westcoastI definitely see what you mean with the 3rs and 4th possibly being sphenophytes. I honestly don't have any experience with plants or insects (Nebraska is mainly aquatic) so if anyone knows someone who does please tag them or let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 For 5 I would ask Dr. Gunther Bechly bechly@mac.com - he is a specialist for dragonflies. Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 10 hours ago, Micah said: I know figuring out the IDs of bug wings can be very difficult, but if anyone on here can help I'd greatly appreciate it! I've found these and some others (that I put somewhere I would definitely remember) near Humboldt, Nebraska in the Indian Cave sandstone member of the Towne Formation which puts their age late Pennsylvanian to early Permian. To be completely honest I've wondered if a couple of them might actually be leaf impressions, but I'll let y'all help me figure that out. The first two and the last one do look like insect wings, maybe something fro ma cockroach type bug for the first pair and the last one either that or a dragonfly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 That last one looks like a Paleodictyoptera wing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeodictyoptera Lycodus garretti is the Paleodictyoptera I discovered in Kansas. http://psyche.entclub.org/99/99-141.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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