PA Fossil Finder Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 On the way home from a festival, my brother and I stopped at a hillside near Primrose, PA, to check out some black shale. Most of it wasn't very interesting, but I found a few tiny ferns and a big chunk of anthracite coal. Some of the leaves I found looked like they had been turned to anthracite as well, because of their shininess. I'm fairly certain that these are from the Pottsville Formation, which would make these Pennsylvanian in age. Ferns: Coal: Primrose is in the anthracite coal region of PA, and it becomes quite obvious when you drive through it. Old strip mines filled with water make several of the ponds in the area, and some stretches of land are still torn up and full of overburden miners dumped when looking for coal. Stephen
Auspex Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 There is a lot of relief in those pinules; very attractive! "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!
PA Fossil Finder Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 Thanks! Does anyone know what species these leaves may belong to? Stephen
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