Nero Wolfe Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hi I got this from a minor who found it 3000ft down in a mine in Yorkshire UK. He thought it may be part of a tree but wasn't 100%. Can anyone help identify this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I think it's a stem piece of Calamites a giant horsetail from the Upper Carboniferous about 300 to 330 mya. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Welcome to TFF! I agree with tidgy's dad. 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...
Nero Wolfe Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 That's great Tidgy's Dad Thanks for the reply, I am googling it now and I think you are bang on :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Wolfe Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Thanks Ynot and me too after seeing the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 This one matches well with: Calamites undulatus figure from: Kidston, R., & Jongmans, W.J. 1915 A monograph of the Calamites of Western Europe. I. Mededlingen Rijksopsporing Delfstoffen, Atlas:158 plates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 nice Calamites undulatus specimen "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hi @Nero Wolfe really nice piece you have there, I must ask however when did your friend obtain this calamites? I ask as you said is from a mine in Yorkshire. Thanks Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Wolfe Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hi Matt yes he found it in 1980 in Bevercotes Pit. He said he was sat having his lunch and it came by on the conveyor so he grabbed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Thats fine I was going to say as I'm sure the last mine closed in 2014 and with the amount of rain we have in England going into an untended mine would be a death wish. But again beautiful fossil you have there I personally love any fossilized plant life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.