Irongiant97 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) Plant impressions i found in material from the Coleraine formation of Northern Minnesota, which dates to 100-90mya, i confirmed with a paleontologist that these are first known plant impressions ever found up here which has me excited but neither of us know anymore than that theyre plant impressions, can anyone here maybe give more specific information from my pictures? i hope these pictures are good enough, i donated it for further study so I can’t get more. Even if you can’t ID them i still want to know what you guys think! Edited November 16, 2023 by Irongiant97 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Not sure there is much there to identify - I see a lot of impressions, some look like leaves, some look like stems. They look like plants, but that is all I can really say. I think an actual paleobotanist familiar with the time period, may be required here. 3 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...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 @paleoflor 1 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I see what looks like a couple of Pecopteris sp. pinnules in one photo. I see lots of unidentifiable bits and pieces in all the others. These are definitely plant parts, though. Nice find. 1 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...
Irongiant97 Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: I see what looks like a couple of Pecopteris sp. pinnules in one photo. I see lots of unidentifiable bits and pieces in all the others. These are definitely plant parts, though. Nice find. Thanks! I didn’t think they’d be easy to identify, they aren’t the greatest fossils but finding any plant fossils here(besides wood) is extremely rare so i can’t be picky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irongiant97 Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 12 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Not sure there is much there to identify - I see a lot of impressions, some look like leaves, some look like stems. They look like plants, but that is all I can really say. I think an actual paleobotanist familiar with the time period, may be required here. My pictures aren’t great, irl they’re more…i can’t think of the word, but yeah. Hopefully i can make an update later on if the lab i donated to has anything on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: I see what looks like a couple of Pecopteris sp. pinnules in one photo. I see lots of unidentifiable bits and pieces in all the others. These are definitely plant parts, though. Nice find. Pecopteris died out in the Permian, and weren't around in the Cretaceous. 2 1 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 15 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Pecopteris died out in the Permian, and weren't around in the Cretaceous. I understand, but the resemblance exists: 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...
piranha Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Cladophlebis sp. is a good possibility: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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