Centralia Plant Fossils

[cabes234]

Hello everyone, I recently went on a trip to the fossil sight in Centralia Pennsylvania the sight was absolutely incredible practically every rock had some kind of a fossil in it and many of them had mineralized white which contrasted really well with the dark rocks they were on. We found many instances of Ferns (pictures 1-3), we also found a lot of what looked like bark (pictures 4-6) and also what seems like a large pumpkin seed,  around 3/4ths of an inch by 1/3rd of an inch (picture 7). I know that Identifying plant fossils not as simple as it is for animal remains but I was wondering if anyone knows what these are, any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[Fossildude19]

Looks like you did well there. 

 

The first few ferns look like Neuropteris sp.

The second item looks like a bit of Sigillaria sp bark.

Third item looks like Lepidodendron sp. bark.

4th item looks like a piece of Stigmaria sp., with rootlets attached.

The last item may be a seed, something like Trigoncarpus sp.

 

Neat finds. The pyrophyllite shows up well on the black shale.

Thanks for posting these.

[paleoflor]

Given the honeycomb-like structures on the Sigillaria, you may want to compare it with S. elegans and allied species (see for example this ID table).

[cabes234]

I actually have one more fossil that I would like identified, I cannot make heads or tails of it, it seems like it could be a small section of bark but I am not quite sure. I am also not sure how well it will come out on a photo.

[Brianp]

fossil plants are always a favorite of mine.  great finds and thank you for sharing