Dicranurus Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Here is 2 fossil from Mazon Creek. I would like to know what they are? "It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." -Sir David Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicranurus Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Here is one more. Is this jellyfish? "It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." -Sir David Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The second one might be a clam that is not completely exposed? "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...
shorty Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yes, that last one looks like a jelly fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I do not know what they are, but I am impressed with your photos. Most times I can't make out what is inside these things, but your photos show the specimens very clearly. Way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The first specimen is a plant fragment, second is a Myalinid bivalve (probably Myalinella meeki), third specimen is a jellyfish Essexella asherae. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicranurus Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 I do not know what they are, but I am impressed with your photos. Most times I can't make out what is inside these things, but your photos show the specimens very clearly. Way to go. Thanks. I like to take pics. "It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." -Sir David Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Didranurus......... The plant frond leaf looks like some form of Alethopteris..... Very Nice examples...... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanK Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 The first specimen is a plant fragment, second is a Myalinid bivalve (probably Myalinella meeki), third specimen is a jellyfish Essexella asherae. Rob I don't think that first is conifer leaf, that 'subject' has wrong proportin between length and width for the conifer (neuro- or alethopteris). Roman http://s1143.photobu.../donbassfossil/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 First seems to be pant material, second looks like a crushed bivalve of some sort, 3rd does look like a jelly fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I think the first sample is a lepidophyllum ,the bracts of cones ( strobus ) may reach 6 to 8 centimeters length....Not to be confused with lepidophylloides which are lepidodendron leaves .... bruno pl_lepidophyllum.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I think the first sample is a lepidophyllum ,the bracts of cones ( strobus ) may reach 6 to 8 centimeters length....Not to be confused with lepidophylloides which are lepidodendron leaves ....bruno I'd say this is a pretty solid ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I'd say this is a pretty solid ID. In Crookhall 1959 , the autor speaks about lepidophyllum and lepidostrobus from Mazon creek ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 docdutronc...... good call...... Heres some examples ive found.....I never realised they got that big..... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdutronc Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Hi Terry Dactyll You have beautiful specimens, they come from Crockhey ? mine were discovered in 2006 in the Stéphanian shales ( upper carboniferous ) near Grenoble (Isère) france ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 docdutronc........ Thanks for your interest, you have some very beautiful specimens to.... I particularily like your last one.... Some came from Crockhey Opencast and some came from Sandyforth Opencast which was about 2 miles from Crockhey... There was very little to find there (nodular wise) so it wasnt heavily collected but it produced a few gems including all the carboniferous fish material I have, Shark & Rhizodont & the Syncarid crustacean I posted previously..... It must have been a different environment to Crockhey as most of the plant was fragmentary rarther than partial fronds.... perhaps more liable to flood during monsoon than within the forrested area... It was dug before Crockhey but left excavated and was filled in after crockhey finished..... A few other bits from Sandyforth Opencast... This stuffs never been seen before...... Quite interesting one....a Cyclopteris with a partial Alethopteris hidden underneath it Mariopters & Astrophyllites longifolius Nodular fishscale & Lepidodendron Syncarid Crustacean Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonmoth Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 ace fossils guys!!! steve i love your last pic, very nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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