ashcraft Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Here is S.E, Mo., we have a late Cretaceous formation of sandstone known as the McNairy. In it can be found petrified wood in fairly large chunks, my personaly best is around 4 feet. They are extremly well preserved, right down to the cell structure. Attached are some pics. I think the first one is palmwood, as far as I know the only piece ever found in Missouri. Please comment and speculate as you see fit, I don't know much about wood. ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Here is a piece of what looks like a hardwood, but was very resinous. ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkchaser Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Wow. That's some nice detail. RAWR! I am zeee dead bobcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Within the sandstones there will be clay lenses, some have fossil leaf impressions, usually of the genus Banksia ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 That's some very nice preservation. Given the age, and the terrestrial fossils, are there any trackways or dino bones found in the formation? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Last pic is of somebody finding a use for the petrified wood, somebody after my own heart. This is in the Commerce, MO cemetary. ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 That's some very nice preservation. Given the age, and the terrestrial fossils, are there any trackways or dino bones found in the formation? Trackways yes, I have found where one is, but haven't gotten it out. No bones have been found, but some speculate there maybe some, partticulary "Dino" Russ Jacobson, retired from the Illinois Geological Survey. In the layer immedialty above it, which is Owl Creek, an ocean deposit, there have been mososaur remains found. The McNairy may have been deposited at the same time as the Chronister Dinosaur site, in nearby Marble Hill, which has Missouri's only known dino remains. Brent Ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Nice pet wood. I will have to put that area on my list of places to hunt in the future. What a great headstone. May have to get one like that for myself down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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