Rockwood Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I found this in a gravel pit at the south east end of Moose Mt. in Maine. The fossils I find there have been exclusively marine invertebrates so I was trying to see perhaps scaphopod traces. The dark edges were hard to explain until I realized that this is what the plants that I find up in far north eastern Maine look like except in isn't flattened. Ya think ? oops end view pending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Burrow cast. 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...
Auspex Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, ynot said: Burrow cast. It's either that, or the 'pith' cast in a lycopod section, but the impression of another one subjacent to it rules that out (one pith per plant!). 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 There are 36 genera of plants listed in Maine. The list includes 8 Lycopods and 2 Trimerophytes. The preservation is very similar to obvious plants that I have found up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, Rockwood said: The preservation is very similar to obvious plants that I have found up north. Quick shot of one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 47 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Quick shot of one. That looks like Psilophyton (like P. dapsile, P. forbessi), isn't it ? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, abyssunder said: That looks like Psilophyton (like P. dapsile, P. forbessi), isn't it ? It is now. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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