historianmichael Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 My dad and I recently took a trip to collect plant fossils at two locales near Centralia, PA. Given that St. Clair is no longer accessible to collecting, we found that this area offered the next best option for collecting similar fossil ferns. We came away with a lot of large samples of Calamites sp., including several pith casts that just fell out of the rock. We also found a fair amount of Annularia, Neuropteris, and Pecopteris. Here are only a few of our best finds. I hope you enjoy. If you disagree on an identification, please let me know; I am still trying to identify everything. Some Neuropteris from Centralia What looks to be the bark of Sigillaria 5 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 Sphenophyllum Annularia A mix of Pecopteris and Neuropteris from the second site 7 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 A nice Neuropteris A larger sample. Unfortunately the fossil is very light on the shale. If someone knows how to highlight the fossil in the material, please let us know. Two types of Calamites sp. Including these pith casts 5 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 And what is maybe a branch of Calamites We also found these unknown leaves. If anyone knows what they might be, please help. 3 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 You and pops got some really nice pieces. Congrates on your honeyhole location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Some very beautifull plant fossils! Congratulations and thanks for sharing! Did you discover this site yourself? What type is the site (coal mine dump, river bank, construction site... ?) Thanks! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Very cool finds. Here are some possible ID's 12 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Lovely finds and lots of them! What a great location you have found. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 6 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Some very beautifull plant fossils! Congratulations and thanks for sharing! Did you discover this site yourself? What type is the site (coal mine dump, river bank, construction site... ?) Thanks! Franz Bernhard Thank you! These were two sites shown to us by the NYPS. They are kinda hole-in-the-wall coal mine dumps. 1 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 hour ago, historianmichael said: These were two sites shown to us by the NYPS. They are kinda hole-in-the-wall coal mine dumps. Thanks for the infos! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Wow ! "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Those are some excellent plants- it's wonderful how clear many of them are. It's also quite nice that so many are distinct single plants- so often Pennsylvanian compression plant fossils like this are a mish-mash. The broad "leaves" are actually separated bracts from a cone- they are called Lepidostrobophyllum, while the complete cone is Lepidostrobus. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Stunning specimens!!! I especially like the Sphenophyllum - it's simply beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Great collection of material! I especially like the cone bract examples that deutcheben pointed out. Very nice. Thanks for showing us. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Beautiful plant fossils! Never seen any from Centralia before. The second of your two types of Calamites is most probably C. suckowii. The others are difficult to see on my phone... 3 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) Your "unkown leafs" are lepidostrobophylla. EDIT: Oops, just noticed deutscheben already provided this ID. Blaming small screen here... Edited August 24, 2018 by paleoflor Stupidity and not reading all previous replies 1 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelgardner01 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I have new plans for the weekend because of this post. WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 On 8/18/2018 at 11:28 PM, historianmichael said: Possibly Lepidostrobophyllum lanceolatum. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyB Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Great finds @historianmichael, especially so in that they are from a local site to me . Centralia is about a half hour from here. I was just talking to a coworker about checking out that area earlier this week. Now I guess I have some incentive to go exploring. I love the annularia. Congratulations on a great day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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