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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 13, 2013 18:24:10 GMT -5
Received some new fossil specimens today. The first 2 were collected in the early 60's by the late Prof. Donald L. Schuler of Purdue University. They were collected from the coal strip mining area near Sullivan, Indiana. Annularia - Sullivanti  Asterophyllites Equistiformis  The last is from the grey siltstone deposits near Attleboro, Mass. Calamites Cistii (Annularia)  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 13, 2013 20:06:31 GMT -5
What is a common name for the first picture?Great fossils
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 13, 2013 20:12:35 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 13, 2013 21:20:06 GMT -5
Got several more neat fossils coming over the next few days. I'll just add them here as I get them.
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Mar 13, 2013 21:28:06 GMT -5
very cool stuff Jake,.... Thank You for sharing and enlightening us !!
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 13, 2013 21:33:24 GMT -5
Lol. Mario, just seconds ago I found another fossil from that professors collection, and bought it. Should be here by the weekend. This seller ships quick.
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 13, 2013 23:36:42 GMT -5
Working on a positive ID for this Mazon Creek fossil fern. Got it. It's an extinct type of seed fern, Neuropteris OK, Got an ID. It's Neuropteris Scheuchzeri.  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2013 9:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2013 9:30:27 GMT -5
The biggest modern day horetail(mountains of S.America i believe  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 14, 2013 9:34:14 GMT -5
Yep James. Scoured a few pots with it in my Boy Scout days. Some of the ancient horsetails stood over 60' tall.
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 14, 2013 10:55:16 GMT -5
Don,these are some great fossils!!!!!! Fav. is the fern.......
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 14, 2013 10:59:03 GMT -5
Hey Grandpa, ( Mike ), I have more fossils coming today. I'll post them here this evening.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2013 13:12:34 GMT -5
I thought they discontinued scouring with horsetail in the wagon train days:>
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 14, 2013 13:16:24 GMT -5
Wagon train days ? We're talking Noah's Ark days here.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2013 13:23:51 GMT -5
Someone has a good sense of humor.Your horsetail fossils have that flower design.Have you seen that in your years of experience?
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 14, 2013 13:29:45 GMT -5
very cool fossils. thanks for posting the pictures.
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 14, 2013 13:37:55 GMT -5
Someone has a good sense of humor.Your horsetail fossils have that flower design.Have you seen that in your years of experience? Yes, just a few years ago. Before building his new house and starting to mow his ditch line, there was a small clump of horsetail rushes growing just across the street from me which had those type of leaves. I wanted to dig them up and move them to a marshy area on my property, but before I could do it the ditch had been mowed several times. I did manage to salvage several clumps of a rare flowering grass which isn't supposed to grow this far north, and a couple of wild dog roses before they were lost. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2013 13:52:27 GMT -5
That may be a good thing that you did not get the horsetail.It can take over,famous for being invasive... A section of horsetail from central Alabama(near coal deposits).None of it silicified,but some broken chunks must have been 9-10 inch diameter stalks. Attachments:
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 14, 2013 14:04:30 GMT -5
That would be OK. There's a creek that runs along the east side of my property. I've left a 40' wide area along the creek as wildlife habitat. Horsetails growing there would have been cool.
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 14, 2013 17:33:30 GMT -5
Some more new fossils. The pics are Trilobites from the Wheeler Shale formation, House Range, Drum Mountain, Millard Co., Utah. Trilobite Elrathia Kingi -- Death Plate.  Trilobite Elrathia Kingi -- Death Plate.  Trilobite Asaphiscus Wheeleri.  |
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