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Fossil of millipede or centipede


DanL

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Neat piece. I believe this is a fern fossil (Pecopteris sp.? ). This looks like a Mazon Creek nodule. I'll tag one of our members to come with a more definitive species ID 

 

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+1 for Pecopteris sp.

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Thanks. I appreciate any lead. Ill check and see what a Mazon Creek nodule is.

 

I have the other half of the fossil as well. 

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2 minutes ago, DanL said:

Thanks. I appreciate any lead. Ill check and see what a Mazon Creek nodule is.

 

I have the other half of the fossil as well. 

Mazon Creek is a great place in Illinois for finding fossils: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazon_Creek_fossil_beds

 

And, one of our members here has quite literally hundreds of buckets of nodules he is steadily working his way through: 

 

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I just looked at the site and looked through the pics. I'm 99% it is a fern fossil like you mentioned. Thanks for the help!

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1 minute ago, DanL said:

So awesome to hold something in my hand that can be from 309 million years ago!

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This could also be from Indiana as well, but odd are its probably from the Mazon Creek area in Illinois. Nice piece though thanks for showing us.

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Maybe that indiv you spoke of will fill in the region of formation. Either way, still very awesome.  Ive always had a passion for fossils and history. Thanks for helping.

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