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Hello

Phothos from Portugal

S.Pedro da Cova

Porto

Potugal

Collected yesterday

Monteiro

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Those are wonderful :wub:

Is there much like this in Portugal?

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Very nice finds!! biggrin.gif

They look very similar in species and preservation, to fossils found in St.Clair, Pennsylvania, here in the States!

Thank you for showing them to us!

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Just beautiful fossils! Thank you for the pictures. :)

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a.monteiro..... Very nice...lets see some more specimens from that exposure, I'm sure there will be different species to find...

Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... :)

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Hello

Hi Auspex and all off you

Yes there are many in near Oporto

About 20km from my home.

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Hi Terry

For now they are 4 or 5 species

May be for the next time

Look the sise

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Hi Terry

For now they are 4 or 5 species

May be for the next time

Look the sise

Hi A.Monteiro

Yes " They look very similar in species and preservation, to fossils found in St.Clair, Pennsylvania" there are very beautiful Annularia and Odontopteris fern which is typical levels of Stephanian ,very nice plants ,thank 's for sharing these pictures...

;);)

Bruno

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A.Monteiro, I enjoyed viewing the photos as well! Thanks for sharing them with us! Looks like a very productive site to collect from. Regards, Chris

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a.monteiro..... I think the star shaped annularia bunched together in 'floret's' like that are the most beautiful specimens of that plant I have ever seen..... Thanks for sharing those and keep them photos comming....Brilliant ! :goodjob:

Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... :)

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