docdutronc Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hi all I came back from holydays, I left the south of France there was the sun, I'm back in the north of France it is raining, I went through the show Millau, beautiful fossils but unfortunately few plants I met with our Spanish friends, a few exchanges with a local collector, I acquired a beautiful fern Dicksonites pluckneti who comes from Graissessac in Herault,level stephanian B . bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Bruno.... sounds like you had a very good trip...... collecting, exchanging and a fossil fare.... nice planning......Hope you are well refreshed and full of ' carboniferous enthusiasm'.... to help me with my Id's ...The first sigillaria, i think it looks more like s.laevigata..... any thoughts on the chunk of stem or root?.... Thanks again.... Here is Sigillaria leavigata from Lievin aera .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 "any thoughts on the chunk of stem or root?.... " It looks very similar ,I think a fern rachis or a fern trunks ,the diameter is 6 cm best regards bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 ...I acquired a beautiful fern Dicksonites pluckneti who comes from Graissessac in Herault,level stephanian B .bruno Superb! "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...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 '' I acquired a beautiful fern Dicksonites pluckneti who comes from Graissessac in Herault,level stephanian B . bruno'' That is superb preservation and detail....Very Nice !!!!..... Im starting to get the 'odd one ' right.... How about this .... I can only see a resemblance to Renaultia gracilis.... Thanks for the Ids again..... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 '' I acquired a beautiful fern Dicksonites pluckneti who comes from Graissessac in Herault,level stephanian B .bruno'' That is superb preservation and detail....Very Nice !!!!..... Im starting to get the 'odd one ' right.... How about this .... I can only see a resemblance to Renaultia gracilis.... Thanks for the Ids again..... Hi Steve Renaultia for the genus ,I agree ,R. gracilis Brongniart or R.footneri Marat ,difficult to say ,look the plates ,ref /page 156 Renaultia footneri and page 160 Renaultia gracilis ,in book by Claudine Brousmiche: Fougères sphenopteridiennes du bassin houiller Sarro-lorrain , thesis 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Bruno .... Thanks ...... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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