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we found these plant stem looking fossils at the beach in sydney australia. any idea as to their age and plant type would be really cool and the kids would love it! thanks Ben

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Fossildude19 Regular Member

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They look like some sort of horsetail plant .

Depending on age, they could be either Calamites sp. or Equisitites sp. 

 

According to this geological map, the area around Sydney is comprised of mostly Early to Middle Triassic strata. 

That would make the age between 250 and 230 million years of age.

Subsequently, the plants would be some genus/specie of Equisitales.

 

Possibly Neocalamites sp.?

 

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Miocene_Mason Regular Member

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Looks like you got a beach full of them! Nice finds:dinothumb:

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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Thank you so much Fossildude19 and WhodamanHD, the kids will be really excited to hear all this! it will make their day! thank you

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