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Went looking on a old pit spoil that is slowly giving up it's nodules,the site is in the British coal measures of Derbyshire as with Mazon Creek it is well overgrown but the nodules here are not easy to find ....Yet! These are 2 nodules from the spoil that i'm sure will one day give up it's treasures.

 

Asterophyllites sp

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Lycopsids 

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Cheers John

 

 

 

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Very nice.:)

Tis always good to see decent plant fossils, we don't see enough of 'em, in my opinion. 

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Very cool fossils, John!

Thanks for posting them. :) 

Glad to see you getting out there. 

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Great finds.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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Yes, those are very very nice finds! Thinking the 2nd might not be a Lycopsid, possibly another Asterophyllites as well.  

Nice to see you were still able to bring home some great material. 

Congrats! 

Regards, Chris 

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Thank-you all for your comments.

 

2 hours ago, Plantguy said:

Yes, those are very very nice finds! Thinking the 2nd might not be a Lycopsid, possibly another Asterophyllites as well.  

Nice to see you were still able to bring home some great material. 

Congrats! 

Regards, Chris 

 

Yes i think your right, the reason i put lycopsid was that it is so small and fine with the (pinnules) in a more closed position made it look different.

Cheers John

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On 5/24/2019 at 10:35 PM, Plantguy said:

Yes, those are very very nice finds! Thinking the 2nd might not be a Lycopsid, possibly another Asterophyllites as well.  

Nice to see you were still able to bring home some great material. 

Congrats! 

Regards, Chris 

I agree with the first being Asterophyllites.  What do you think about Aphlebia for the second?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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1 hour ago, stats said:

I agree with the first being Asterophyllites.  What do you think about Aphlebia for the second?

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

I'm open to other ideas about what it might be. I think I see nodes/internodes so I'm thinking its some horsetail family fragment of some kind. Are there Aphlebia that show that? A clearer photo of the leaves/attachments might add something. 

 

Regards, Chris 

 

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Hi ..Rich.....Chris..

 

I have just taken these close-ups.

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I hope these help

Cheers John

 

 

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Hi Chris,

 

Sorry for the late reply. All specimens shown appear to be sphenophytes indeed, I'd say you're spot on with the nodes and internodes.

 

Tim

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17 hours ago, paleoflor said:

Hi Chris,

 

Sorry for the late reply. All specimens shown appear to be sphenophytes indeed, I'd say you're spot on with the nodes and internodes.

 

Tim

Thanks Tim for the expertise! Regards, Chris 

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Thank-you Tim and Chris for looking at these finds and giving you ids.

 

Cheers John

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On 6/8/2019 at 7:39 AM, t-tree said:

Thank-you Tim and Chris for looking at these finds and giving you ids.

 

Cheers John

John, glad to help/see the finds. Hoping the locale gives up some more down the road!. Regards, Chris 

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