jaime82 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Just a small piece... the whole round is about 2" tall and 2" across the face... Have only recently had these fossils properly identified at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History...exciting!! Let me know what you think. I have MANY pieces much larger and prettier than these if there are any collectors interested I will be posting more pics soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman56 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 and what is it? Need a clearer picture, use the macro function please. And we always love MORE PICTURES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime82 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 and what is it? Need a clearer picture, use the macro function please. And we always love MORE PICTURES Extemely new to this site...and it's a Cycad...will try to upload the better pics..Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime82 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Extemely new to this site...and it's a Cycad...will try to upload the better pics..Thanks It will only allow me to upload 2MB at a time....here is a side view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue in ohio Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) That's a really neat specimen Jaime..congrat's on your find.. Edited October 5, 2010 by sue in pa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime82 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 That's a really neat specimen Jaime..congrat's on your find.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Did the museum offer an age for it? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime82 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) Did the museum offer an age for it? The museum said that it was around 300 million years old...We donated several pieces to them for testing. Edited October 5, 2010 by jaime82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Upper Carboniferous; very cool! Did it come out of a mine, or is the site maybe a "channel fill"? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime82 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Upper Carboniferous; very cool! Did it come out of a mine, or is the site maybe a "channel fill"? Not sure what a "channel fill" is..lol..still a novice...I am finding them in "mine country", but they are comming out of deep exposures in the walls and beds of a creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Interesting find. Upper Carboniferous sounds wrong for Cycads tho, I thought they evolved in the Permian-Triassic. Then again, plants are not my strong suit. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Cycads emerged in the Late Carboniferous, and are still with us today! Here's the Wikipedia link: >cycads< "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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