astron Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Found some really great ones today... - I will post pisc soon! Ok Kim. Nice and abundant the stuff you have there Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 (edited) Hello all. Time to add something... That's a 16 cm long cycad leaf of the family of zamiaceae ( here is the story) The small rounded formations on the leaflets are fungi galls. This is the second sample of the cycad family of ZAMIACEAE ever found in my country. It has been donated to the Natural History Museum of Crete for scientific examination and an exact id and it will be exhibited in the Museum's exhibition as soon as the plant section of the exhibition operates.. Edited December 14, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 ...This is the first almost complete palm leaf fossil ever found in my island. Excellent find! "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...
Scylla Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 very nice palm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfergirlatx Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 5 big scleractinians (2 pics each} These are so beautiful! "The road to success is always under construction." Author Unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfergirlatx Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Hello all. Time to add something... That's a tiny (for this species) 16 cm long palm leaf ( here is the story) It's possibly phoenix theophrastii. The small rounded formations on the leaflets are fungi galls. This is the first almost complete palm leaf fossil ever found in my island. This has to be one of my favorites! What an excellent piece! Thank you so much for sharing! Kim "The road to success is always under construction." Author Unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Hi Astrinos, I'm glad you posted the link - I missed that one. That's a really prime find! And the story shows again what resources are available to us here when it gets down to brass tacks, or in this case, rare palms. Keep up the good work everyone! Roger Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Hi Astrinos, I'm glad you posted the link - I missed that one. That's a really prime find! And the story shows again what resources are available to us here when it gets down to brass tacks, or in this case, rare palms. Keep up the good work everyone! Roger Chas, Gus, Kim, Roger, Gery, Thank you so much for the nice comments Roger, It's really admirable the good will and the intention for help all around and the results impressive, aswell That's one of the basic reasons making TFF UNIQUE. I love it. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) Hello all. I'll present today some seeds and flowers of the last month's harvest. Once again I apologise for the missing id's due to the lack of guiding sources. If anyone has any clue it will be appreciated. Starting are 2 items. Edited December 13, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Here is a slab with small seeds and flowers and a well preserved branch section (?) backwards. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Three carbonized seeds. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Two alike carbonized seeds (the second one in two pics). Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Two pieces here. A slab with some seeds and a seed alike to this one at the bottom of the slab. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 One slab containing some seeds (3 pics). Among them a catkin of an aspen populus sp.(the elongated one - close up on the third pic). The second pic shows the seeds on the left and on the right removed from their original position. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) Two more seeds. Edited December 14, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) A small slab with a strange combination in front and a cupressaceae cone backwards. Edited September 23, 2011 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) And last for today is a partial cupressaceae cone preserved as it was alive. Edited September 23, 2011 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Nice catkin, Astrinos, sure reminds me of mine from the McAbee beds.. (did I ever post it? might be in the McAbee thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paco Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Great finds Astrine... again. I have some thoughts about the second speciment in your #500 post, this looks to me like a gastropod internal mold (steinkern) and to be accurate a sinistral (left hand spiraling) snail (first thought was "elasmo corpolite", something like that but I discarded that idea) not a seed... And a remark: the (fantastic) Cupressaceae "seeds" you find are in fact the cones containing the seeds, so this is the correct term to use :-) Keep on digging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Nice catkin, Astrinos, sure reminds me of mine from the McAbee beds.. (did I ever post it? might be in the McAbee thread) Yes, Eric! It's actually there and ... here Very nice too Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Great finds Astrine... again. I have some thoughts about the second speciment in your #500 post, this looks to me like a gastropod internal mold (steinkern) and to be accurate a sinistral (left hand spiraling) snail (first thought was "elasmo corpolite", something like that but I discarded that idea) not a seed... And a remark: the (fantastic) Cupressaceae "seeds" you find are in fact the cones containing the seeds, so this is the correct term to use :-) Keep on digging! Thanks my friend for the nice comments and for the help To start from the easy, you are correct with the cones and I have to do some edits... And about the othrer ''seed'', I have taken it off and here are pics of both sides of the fossil. I can't see anything gastropod-ish but I can't exclude the coprolites What about you? Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paco Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Well, I'd like the rest of the folks have a look at this one, too, let's wait for a third opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 (edited) Well, I'd like the rest of the folks have a look at this one, too, let's wait for a third opinion... Ok. Just to clarify that one of the reasons I don't think about gastropod is that the fossil is flat and not rounded, as it supposingly it should be if gastropod mold. And since no more opinions in the horizon, I leave it as it is and if any difference come on the way I come back on it. Edited September 24, 2011 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 (edited) Hello all. Today and the days after I'll try to present some seeds like shapes I have found lately. I repeat that any clue on the id's would be well appreciated. At first 3 elongated items. Edited October 9, 2011 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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