Rockin' Ric Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Hello ya'll! Here is the find of the day from a recent fossil fern hunt. Slowly but surely getting them cleaned. While on site I debated on whether to toss this fossil since it had a partial impression of Lycopodiates on one side. There was about an inch of stone that could be split from the other side. Good thing I did! A Spiropteris appeared when I split the stone with both pos and neg plates. I guess the moral of the story is don't toss it, split it! 2 WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 THAT is one cool looking fossil fiddlehead! Awesome find, Ric! 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...
Darktooth Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Nice find! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Splendid find and lesson learned! That's lovely. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Nice Spiropteris! Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Cool! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Nice find! 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...
Plantguy Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Well now. that's spectacular! You dont get to see much of the early stages of development nor spore/fruiting structures. Congrats. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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