Sinopaleus Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 this thread is dedicated to scott, or piranha, for his great generosity in giving some of us a few pieces of self collected flora fossils. for those who have received some flora fossils from scott, please post them here! please share some of your new additions with all of us! thank you so much for your generosity scott! here are mine. they just arrived today. Little Butte Volcanic Series, 31.3 MYA Oligocene, Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Nice additions to your collection Henry. And great recognition of Scott. It's the way he and others on here represent this forum that makes me pleased and proud to be a member. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Nice additions to your collection Henry. And great recognition of Scott. It's the way he and others on here represent this forum that makes me pleased and proud to be a member. agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 That is a wonderful tribute to Scott and to his great generosity. Those are great flora specimens Henry. The real gems are hidden in the matrix.... look carefully under a magnifier and you may see insects remains that might have co-fossilized Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 That is a wonderful tribute to Scott and to his great generosity. Those are great flora specimens Henry. The real gems are hidden in the matrix.... look carefully under a magnifier and you may see insects remains that might have co-fossilized Peter :o i will search for the little hidden critters... thanks thomas, why not post ur flora fossils here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I'd like to add a few of my favorite Oregonian fossils, my first fossil plants to boot, thanks to Scott! First up is a terrific Alnus carpinoides cone! Followed by several other beautiful specimens with several sp that I will enjoy learning more about, as well as providing a fine permanent fall display of colors! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 and lets not deny this little rascal his day, just cause he didnt make the first post! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelorox Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I don't think I have ever seen such types of plants before. Beautiful photos and fossils! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 and lets not deny this little rascal his day, just cause he didnt make the first post! very nice carmine B) those are beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Those are great specimens Carm.... my package from Scott is still in transit as the Canada Post is still on strike.... Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Very interesting thread! It is nice to see some more plant fossil examples of the Oligocene of Oregon. I really love the Alnus carpinoides cone, fantastic specimen. as modern Alder cones (which we have in our garden, so I was able to dissect quite a few of them to see their inner-structure) look similar (which makes perfect sense of course, but I just like it very much! Haha). I think you should be able to get most specimens identified to generic level using guides for extant tree species, am I correct? Or would you need more specific literature? You will to get to species level of course, but most leaves I've seen displayed here so far do resemble extant forms... Hope to see more! Tim Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Henry, Steve, Carmine, Axelorox, Peter, Tim, Thanks so much for this nice thread. How rewarding to know that the beautiful Oligocene flora from Oregon is being enjoyed by friends all around the world from China to Crete and everywhere in between. The greatest gift is sharing what is abundant with others. The friendships that are forged along the way are priceless. Hopefully the postal strike in Canada gets settled soon so the last of the plant packages will finally get delivered. Thanks again guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) Henry, Steve, Carmine, Axelorox, Peter, Tim, Thanks so much for this nice thread. How rewarding to know that the beautiful Oligocene flora from Oregon is being enjoyed by friends all around the world from China to Crete and everywhere in between. The greatest gift is sharing what is abundant with others. The friendships that are forged along the way are priceless. Hopefully the postal strike in Canada gets settled soon so the last of the plant packages will finally get delivered. Thanks again guys! Edited June 25, 2011 by fossil maniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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