ckmerlin Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Hi all just got some new specimens of plant material from a new site , A rock cut at my work place of all places my boss gave me permission to investigate and collect . Anyway the site is in uppermost series of pennine coal measures westphalian C the specimens were collected from a thin band of shale and mud stone between layers of red sandstone Geology Rock type: Shale/mudstone Period : Upper Carboniferous Westphalian C Formation: Pennine upper Coal measures Area : NE Wales Flintshire Im thinking 1 Pseudopecopteris dimorpha a partial leaf i think ? 2 Alethopteris s.p 3 Cyclopteris s.p 4 not sure root with something hmm 5 is from old site im thinking some kind of worn fish spine thanks all comments and ideas welcome sorry for poor quality pics hard to photograph specimens best regrads chris Edited August 30, 2015 by ckmerlin "A man who stares at a rock must have a lot on his mind... or nothing at all'
Fossildude19 Posted August 31, 2015 Posted August 31, 2015 Hello Chris! Fossil Hunting at work now? I like it. I would agree with your assesments on 2, 3, and 5. 1 and 4 - I am having a hard time making out what they are ,... I think the contrast between fossil and rock isn't enough for me to see enough detail to be able to hazard a guess. Cool stuff, though - especially the fin spine. Cheers, Mate! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
ckmerlin Posted September 1, 2015 Author Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) H Hello Chris! Fossil Hunting at work now? I like it. I would agree with your assesments on 2, 3, and 5. 1 and 4 - I am having a hard time making out what they are ,... I think the contrast between fossil and rock isn't enough for me to see enough detail to be able to hazard a guess. Cool stuff, though - especially the fin spine. Cheers, Mate! Hi Tim sorry for late reply been away on a overhead crane operating course at work thanks for your confirmation on 2,3,and 5 yes the pictures were hard to take because of the contrast after looking at 4 i think it maybe a broken Carbonicola s.p shell mixed in with the plant material It was intersting to look for these at work ( during my break I hasten to add !!) and very good of my boss to give me permission Ive attached photo of exposure thanks for looking mate best regards Chris Edited September 1, 2015 by ckmerlin "A man who stares at a rock must have a lot on his mind... or nothing at all'
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