MichiganMan Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Hoping to determine species and exact structure in pic. This was found in Eaton county in 2021. It came out of material from the Pennsylvanian era, where other club moss casings and fossils have been found. First “cone” or “flower” I’ve come across. Will post more pics later today of this as well as some other pieces of other mosses I’ve collected over the years. Couple pics included without ruler just as teasers… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganMan Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Here are some additional pieces. I’ve never identified for sure, so any help here is appreciated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) I can't help classify it but the bark and cone detail looks amazing. You may want to number the specimens to reduce confusion. Edited May 29, 2022 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganMan Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 I will do that, not sure if an edit may be the way to go… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganMan Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Here are pics numbered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 This is a little overwhelming having so many at once, and it's not easy for me to distinguish some of them. But I'm pretty sure that #s 2,4 & 5 are Lepidodendron bark and that #6 is Stigmaria. 2 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganMan Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Very interesting, I haven’t seen Pennsylvanian-age fossils from Michigan before! Many of the other specimens are probably not identifiable beyond “unspecified wood or plant matter”, but I believe the cones are the genus Lepidostrobus. This would make sense, since they were another part of the same tree that the Lepidodendron bark came from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganMan Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 There is only a small area that was not completely scoured clean of that layer by the glaciers for some reason and was spared, ergo “Grand Ledge”, and “The Ledges” in Eaton County. The material there has very interesting diversity and quality randomly, from almost opalized pieces, to charcoal remnants, to sandstone trace fossils, and some “soup stone” like mudstones. All I’ve found so far has been plant material, but I’ve been trying to look in some concretions more recently. Still without anything that I can recognize, but some fossils I’ve noticed maybe covered in a thin iron pyrite layer of crystals obscuring the fact that there’s a fossil at all, let alone what kind. I only collect from the stream bed and private property to prevent damaging any natural areas, but you can see where the river is eroding material directly out of the side of cliff where some things can be still be seen in disturbed in situ. Let me know if you have interest in visiting the site. Just went Monday and water levels were uncharacteristically high, but managed to grab a few pieces. IMG_1408.MOV IMG_1409.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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