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Fern fossil in Pennsylvanian Subperiod of Vigo County, Indiana

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I found this fern leaf fossil in an "ironstone" nodule that I split open. It's from abandoned coal strip mine spoils in Vigo County, Indiana. I think it's from the Pennsylvanian Shelburn Formation. 

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FossilGuy55 New Member

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Nice find. I haven’t been over in that area in years. 
 

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Yoda Regular Member

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@traveltip1

 

Very nice. 

Was that the only nodule that you found ?? 

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6 hours ago, Yoda said:

@traveltip1

 

Very nice. 

Was that the only nodule that you found ?? 

I found a few others but nothing special. I was hunting short time.

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Jeffrey P Regular Member

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Excellent find, especially for a short outing.

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Very nice!!  :wub:

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