ShadowElite951 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I have a few fossils in my collection that I have no idea what they are. I'll try my best to give good photos in info of the region they're from. I'd rather have the "OH! That is a such n such thing species" felling than "Errgh, to be honest I have no idea what that is". I appreciate the help and if you need more photos please let me know. A. First is a femur looking bone. A science teacher gave it to me and said he dug it up from a Texas mine. He didn't know what species or animal it came from. It looks like a post-dino fossil to me. B. A fish. I have no idea where it came from. It was a gift from a paleoart commission. I know the vendor where this came from and he mostly sells things from Montana. If no ID is found I'll ask him next April. Kinda looks like a cyprinid fish, the scales are pretty well preserved. C. Are these trees/ferns? I collected them from northeastern PA and they were found with shells and crinoid stems. I have quite a few of these specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I have no ideal about the first two, but the last is a Calamites sp. A type of sphenopsid. Though, the one side is different(the first). Im thinking that you have two different specie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowElite951 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 I have no ideal about the first two, but the last is a Calamites sp. A type of sphenopsid. Though, the one side is different(the first). Im thinking that you have two different specie. Can't argue with that, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 your "femur" looking bone probably came from further down the leg, like the proximal end of a metacarpal. guessing as to what it's from is risky with that small of a piece of the bone, and particularly without a ruler or something next to it and more views (back, end, etc.) you are correct in saying it's post-dino times, but unless you can find out where the mine was, all that can be said is "perhaps pleistocene" if the bone is well mineralized and heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 if we know how old the rocks wher the bone was found it would help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I have no ideal about the first two, but the last is a Calamites sp. A type of sphenopsid. Though, the one side is different(the first). Im thinking that you have two different specie. I agree to the specimen number 1 and number 3, I say calamites, vertical sides separated by a node closer to the arthrophyta (articulated) genus calamites for specimen number 2 can be a trunk or a stem of fern finely serrated, for specimen number 4 I recognize the paths between the coast probably sigillaire,genus form syringodendron (decorticated ) these plants are common in the coalfields of Europe and the North American continent, level Pennsylvanian best regards bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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