Planning trip to Lismore. Any fossils near there?

[FrostbyteFossils]

Hello, I might be going on a week long trip to Lismore, NSW soon. Are there any fossil sites/places to look within an hour (any direction) from Lismore?

[izak_]

Not really, unfortunately... The closest places I can think of (off the top of my head) are Nymboida and Dinmore, but both are still a few hours out of the way. Not to say theres absolutely no fossil deposits anywhere around there of course. 

Enjoy your trip though, its a great part of the world! 

 

[FrostbyteFossils]

12 minutes ago, Foozil said:

Not really, unfortunately... The closest places I can think of (off the top of my head) are Nymboida and Dinmore, but both are still a few hours out of the way. Not to say theres absolutely no fossil deposits anywhere around there of course. 

Enjoy your trip though, its a great part of the world! 

 

Thank you. I'll have a look around there. Perhaps the beaches to the east of there. You never know!

[piranha]

How about some Jurassic plants?

 

figures from:

 

Walkom, A.B. 1919

On a collection of Jurassic plants from Bexhill, near Lismore, N.S.W.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 44:180-190  LINK

 

[FrostbyteFossils]

14 hours ago, piranha said:

How about some Jurassic plants?

 

figures from:

 

Walkom, A.B. 1919

On a collection of Jurassic plants from Bexhill, near Lismore, N.S.W.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 44:180-190  LINK

 

Thanks ill have a look

[Andrew B]

Hi,

there must be something in the Lismore / kyogle area I am finding large amounts of petrified wood on my property (picture attached).

I have even found bones sticking out of rock.

[Andrew B]

Here are the bones sticking out of the rock

[jpc]

Is that bone?  It looks like wood from here.

 

[Andrew B]

The difference it does not have the rings, the picture does not show that there are 3 parallel pieces sticking out, I suspect it is ribs.

 

[Top Trilo]

9 minutes ago, Andrew B said:

The difference it does not have the rings, the picture does not show that there are 3 parallel pieces sticking out, I suspect it is ribs.

 

I’m with jpc it looks like fossil wood. You can’t always see the rings and they can have different colors than living trees

[Andrew B]

Uh 

[Sjfriend]

Great looking wood. As for smaller pieces, my eye sees what appears to be 2 small pieces and a limb cast. No rings as the wood rotted out then the hole filled in with mineral laden water. 

[Andrew B]

Hi,

thanks for confirming that. I will keep an eye out for more.

cheers,

Andrew