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After searching through a couple of publications on Pennsylvanian plants, I am a bit stumped on what this plant could be. It is certainly not the classic fern or horsetail that one often collects from the Llewellyn Formation of Eastern Pennsylvania. The preservation is ok - not perfect, but better than some plant material I have collected from this site. I unfortunately broke the piece trying to transport it out of the site. Here is an attempted close-up of the individual leaves and their venation Here is the negative with some more preserved venation Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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This past Saturday I collected some Late Pennsylvanian ferns and plants from an exposure of the Llewellyn Formation in Eastern Pennsylvania. I got lucky and found some new things to add to my collection, including the following. I am not quite sure what they are. My guess is that they are associated with a lycopod - possibly the terminal shoot of a lycopod branch where the Cyperites leaves come off. I did find Lepidodendron branches and Cyperites bicarinatus at this site. These fossils are really small - only about 1.5cm to 4cm in length. I also found this fossil that looks a little different than the other five- more cone-like, but I doubt it is a cone. It is also much longer than the other fossils, measuring about 7cm in length. The fossil continues underneath the rock chip- I tried to expose it more but the rock started to separate along the fossil so I stopped. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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A couple of finds from the Whitby area. Does this plant fossil have enough diagnostic features for an identification? Secondly, my daughter has been desperate to find some ichthyosaur material for ages now. She was so happy to find this, at first glance I thought it was just another piece of septarian nodule but on closer examination I think she’s probably right about it being bone, albeit likely an unidentifiable chunk. Still, she’s happy and it’s going in the ichthyosaur cabinet as her first find
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Received in an opal parcel, i have been told this is a fossil, maybe of a plant stem. If so, i would like to at least put a definite name of some sort on it. Any and all help is appreciated! feel free to ask any questions! Thank you! IMG_2225.MOV
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Looking for conodonts, I found and meticulously cleaned this object-at first I thought insect wing, but then fish scale, then plant, then, nuthin special. Thoughts again appreciated!! What say ye? (Stark shale, between Winterset and Bethany Falls, Pennsylvanian) . Bone
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February 2021 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends March 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Radiolitid rudist - Campanian / St. Bartholomä-formation, Gosau-group, Eastern Alps - St. Bartholomä, Styria, Austria 2. Anataphrus vigilans trilobite - Elgin Member, Maquoketa Formation (Late Ordovician) - NE Iowa 3. Spathites puercoensis ammonite - Upper Cretaceous (Turonian), Carlile Shale - Sandoval County, New Mexico 4. Gigantocapulus problematicus Inoceramus limpet - Late Cretaceous - North Canterbury, Kaikoura, Oaro. New Zealand 5. Pecopteris fern - Carboniferous, Francis Creek Shale - Pit 4- Shadow Lakes, Wilmington, Illinois
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From my last hunt in the Westphalien of Northern France,the stem seems to grow from the seed(Trigonocarpus)but i think the seed probably fall on a Alethopteris stem,very strange An Idea?
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Hi I found such a flat piece. It is benetite? Age: Cretaceous? Location: Wisła river area,Southern Poland,Kraków
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Hi all! Brand new member here but long time geological fan and rockhounder. I am new to Texas and my job site has quite a bit of echinoid and bivalve fossils, and I was out rummaging around in the woods looking for some fossils when a “stone” on the soil surface stood out like a sore thumb to all the geological type base material in the area. In one little pocket in the under brush of cedar I noticed crystalline formations on material that was unique to the whole area. I am new to the whole geological formations but I was assuming it was in the glen rose formation type area. Anyone based on look have any idea? It does not immediately resemble cycads fossils I have seen which thought was the only common large petrified material in that formation. The material is solid crystalline almost agatized with the largest piece weighing 40lbs At first I thought I had hit a jackpot of sagenite. In an hour brought out 100lbs of the material. This stuff is completely set apart from base formations and material fossilized snail, bivalves are found in only with this being 100-200ft away down a small hill. Sorry I don’t have anything to Mark scale I can take pictures with coins or ruler tomorrow for y’all. This is the most pictures I can add for now let me know if you would like more or better photos
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I found this on my place which makes no sense. I'm on a whitewater mountain river with gravel, rocks, boulders (granite). Most non-granite rock comes down from above and it's worn. This doesn't appear to be river-tumbled. The thing in it caught my eye and reminds me of wood but I'm not sure. Any ideas?
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January 2021 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends February 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Prionocyclus hyatti ammonite - Upper Cretaceous (Turonian), Blue Hill Mbr. of the Carlile Shale - Sandoval County, New Mexico 2. Amoeboceras serratum ammonite with siphuncle visible - Jurassic, Upper Oxfordian (160 Ma) - Bronnitsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia 3. Acanthotelson stimpsoni shrimp - 307 million years old, Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale Layer (307 Ma) - Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois
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This is a specimen from Luoping, Yunnan Province of China. Triassic. It looks like a conifer. Is it a plant fossil ? Plant fossils are rarely found in the Triassic formation there.
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Trying to find out what this is. Found in the Northern Nevada desert. It looks like a round tree trunk 10 inches across. Half of the outer surface is somewhat smooth and the other half has a stepped pattern that reminds me of how some plants grow stems upwards. The pic that shows this section maybe upside down. The photographer and I aren't sure whats up or down. The texture is like glass, we think its opalized? Very sharp edges and smooth. It's brittle. The color is brown on outside with white calcium patches. Inner area is a solid carmel color with tint of green, there are no flashes of rainbow colors or clear crystals. There are no other patterns, dots, striations, or wood like grain. It was found among volcanic and igneous rock field. Searched for more similar but none found on surface.
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Sorry about the double post on here, i’m sorting out my display at the moment. I’ve got this fossil here that I found in North Attleboro, it’s pennsylvanian in age and at first I had thought it may have been an insect, probably just wishful thinking. It’s about a half inch long
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I collected these presumed plant parts at a late Pleistocene site in Roosevelt Co., NM. They are mineralized, and came out of the same layer of sediment as Mammoth, Equus, Ground Sloth, etc. The triangular "stem" parts remind me of Sedge, but I'm not sure.
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Hey Everyone, I need some help. Still not sure but think this might be a fossil piece of Lycophytes or similar species. Found North Sulfur River in Delta County, Tx about two weeks ago. I cannot find anything online that shows that this species or similar was in Tx. My web hunting skills are not the best in the world though. Any responses are greatly appreciated.
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Winner of the December 2020 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month
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The winner of the December 2020 IPFOTM goes to... Diplocalamites sp. horsetail - Middle Pennsylvanian - New Mexico Congratulations to @Kato !!! -
Aphlebia cf. filiciformis (Gutbier) Gothan 1953
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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Stigmaria ficoides (Sternberg) Brongniart 1822
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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Dicroidium zuberi complex (sensu Holmes et Anderson 2005a)
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From the album: Coalmine Quarry (Nymboida, Australia)
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Dicroidium zuberi complex (sensu Holmes et Anderson 2005a)
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From the album: Coalmine Quarry (Nymboida, Australia)
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Dicroidium dubium complex (?) (sensu Holmes et Anderson 2005a)
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From the album: Coalmine Quarry (Nymboida, Australia)
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