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A Cretan Fossils Collection


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Hello, Gery, Scott and all.

Thanks a lot, Gery and Scott, for the nice and encouraging comments ;):D

I'll add today some more recently found leaves.

At first a new set of three salix sp. willow leaves.

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An acer sp. (pic 2) and two buxus pliocenica (pics 3 and 4) leaves.

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Cupressacae foliages (pics 1 and 2) and one unknown leaf or seed ?(pic 3 ).

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Last for now are an oak quercus kubinyii leaf (pic 2) and two elm tree seeds (samaras).

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Hello all.

Since I have some time available, I'll present as a seperate unit some leaves with several oddities.

At first a willow salix sp. leaf under a small log (pic 1), a ziziphus sp. leaf close to a fish vertebra (pic 2) and a diseased lauraceae leaf.

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A myrica sp. leaf partially eaten by insects (pic 3), a ziziphus sp leaf with insect gals (pic 2) and a dicotylophyllum leaf with insect gals (pic 1).

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A laurus sp. leaf with an unknown seed on it (3 pics).

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And last for this unit and for today is a juvenile tiny leaf that seems to emerge from a small seed. Roots from the seed are seemed in magnification only in the part (on the left).

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...ziziphus sp leaf close to a fish vertebra (pic 2)...

This is a very nice association :wub:

"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!

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This is a very nice association :wub:

Hello, Chas and all.

Thanks, Chas, for the comment ;)

Just two posts for today.

First are two unknown foliages (pics 1 and 2) and a plate with mainly poaceae leaves fragments (part and counterpart).

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And a strange addition to my collection.

Are these two slabs part and counterpart? Rather the only indicating it clearly is the alike scheme of these slabs, but it actually is. The differences occur due to the fact that the great majority of the fossils on both parts were mostly hidden into the matrix and I have dug them up. So, a somehow representative icon of the local flora has come up. I see on it salix sp., ziziphus sp, laurus sp., quercus sp, dicotylophyllum leaves, poaceae fragments and some seeds.

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Spectacular presentation of Miocene flora Astrinos! :)

Yes, indeed! A beautiful garden :wub:

"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!

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so astrinos. :)

there was once a beautiful garden. trees grew everywhere, and the ponds there held many fish. suddenly, a huge mudslide from a nearby mountain buries the eden completely! then one day, a bright man with the name of astrinos comes across the long lost garden! there he discovers wonderful remains from the eden of crete. then he brings back his treasures and shares it with his friends and his families, who are from all over the globe! sooner or later, that bright man would be known throughout the world as the lucky man who discovered the eden of crete. ;) the end. :D

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It's getting better all the time, and it was already good enough!

Scott, Chas, Nando, Roger,

Thank you so much for the nice comments ;)

I appreciate it.:)

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so astrinos. :)

there was once a beautiful garden. trees grew everywhere, and the ponds there held many fish. suddenly, a huge mudslide from a nearby mountain buries the eden completely! then one day, a bright man with the name of astrinos comes across the long lost garden! there he discovers wonderful remains from the eden of crete. then he brings back his treasures and shares it with his friends and his families, who are from all over the globe! sooner or later, that bright man would be known throughout the world as the lucky man who discovered the eden of crete. ;) the end. :D

My friend,

Have undoubtedly to say

that you made my day :rolleyes::D

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Hello all.

Six more plantation plates in just two posts.

I wish I could read these hieroglyphics...

This is the first set of three plates.

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And here is the second set of three (big) plates.

The trird and bigger one is in two pics.

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Hello all.

I'll present today a few recently found barks and branches. Some of them are accompanied with additional plant material.

At first 3 barks. Next to the third one are two leaves and some seeds.

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Four more branches.

Pic1 with a cupressaceae cone.

Pic 2 with a quercus sp leaf and some small seeds.

Pic 3 with a pinus sp seed and

Pic 4 with a first time met unknown leaf.

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Last for now is a log nicely preserved. So, in 3 pics.

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