Writhlington Fossils

[Dylan_bo1]

Hey everyone,

 

I co-run my universities palaeo society and we are having a trip to the Writhlington spoil heap as an organised fossil hunt. Iv'e hunted there before and found some beautiful Fern and Lepidodendron fossils. However some of the fossils my friends and i  have found remain unidentified and id like to know if anyone has any good resources for identifying carboniferous plant fossils so i can draw up some guides for my societies members.

 

Thanks

[Fossildude19]

Unfortunately, lots of work needs to be done to revise old works.
Not many people willing to do so, unfortunately.

 

Plant Fossils from the Writhlington Geologic Nature Reserve Link to PDF on Researchgate.net

 

 

This website has been a go to for ages for me, but the names are suspect at this point, and may be wrong on many counts.

 

West Virginia Plant Fossils PDF This is a DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK.  It will download automatically.

 

West Virginia Plant Fossils Website.

 

Fossil Plants from the Union Chapel Mine Alabama PDF link to Academia.edu.

 

LINKS FOR PALEOBOTANISTS

 

 

[DPS Ammonite]

Use Google Scholar. You will find info on other types of fossils such as trace fossils, shells and insects.

 

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=30&q=Writhlington+fossils&hl=en&as_sdt=0,3