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this cliff is about 50 ft high. Notice all the trees. The whole face is loaded with fossils!!! Never seen anything like it before

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31 minutes ago, Stefan Mitrega said:

Notice all the trees

Horse . . . tails. :) 

Huge calamites molds.

Very cool !

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50 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

Horse . . . tails. :) 

Huge calamites molds.

Very cool !

 

You think so, Dale?

I'm not seeing the ribbing or nodes that one would expect on Calamites.  :unsure: :headscratch:

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I found a reference to this site (a geocache) that refers to them:

 

"The fossil forest was revealed during the construction of the 4-lane highway between Saint John and Sussex. Norton is trying to find a way to turn it into a tourist site. Most of the fossils are Lepidodendron trees."

 

If they are Lepidodendron, they are heavily decorticated.

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18 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

 

You think so, Dale?

I'm not seeing the ribbing or nodes that one would expect on Calamites.  :unsure: :headscratch:

They aren't pith casts. They are external molds. Here are the clearest nodes. 

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This site is no where near Sussex. Its an hour hike from a guys back yard in Albert County. Would love to SHOW someone who has more knowledge than me on these beauties...

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33 minutes ago, Stefan Mitrega said:

This site is no where near Sussex. Its an hour hike from a guys back yard in Albert County. Would love to SHOW someone who has more knowledge than me on these beauties...

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The big piece of tree is about 2 ft wide(dark brown color) Bottom right corner

Same cliff as above picture

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Sigillaria all I would say. The "big piece" being from lower, and deeper on the trunk. The outer layers are sloughed off as the trunk expands, and it expands the most there. 

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3 hours ago, Stefan Mitrega said:

this cliff is about 50 ft high. Notice all the trees. The whole face is loaded with fossils!!! Never seen anything like it before

Wow. That is absolutely spectacular. You can even see the fossil trees growing out of the top of the cliff :D

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