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George Palickar
I found this on 6/5/2004 near a large excavition in northeast Pennsylvania. Is
it bone or wood? Rock may have been baked in a coal fire. Found near an ash
deposit. The branchlike structure when seen from the end has granite-like
crystals, and is lighter than the surrounding rock. The boards the rock is
resting on are ~3.5" in width. Any ideas?
Looking from the left side, the composition is granite-like, with an oval
X-section.
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close-ups and speculation on the nature of this fossil.
Renee Yaeger
I found a possible tree (lepidodendron tree), middle Pennsyvanian Period
aprx. 307 mil yrs old. Many found in Kentucky and West Virginia also
Kanawha formation. My parents say it was Pikeville, KY that the family
lived, but they are no longer there. Sorry. The date found was June
1975.
Note from Editor: I am wondering if this might be a different genera than Lepidodendron.
Can anyone identify it from the pictures?
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A REPLY:
Hi
My name Maciek and I'm from Poland.
Those Lepidodendron genera is Diaphrodendron sp.
... and tree fragment on image is called Ulodendron too.
Thanks Maciek!!! - Moderator
If you know the genera and/or species for this fossil, contact Renee at
lepidodendron@xfossils.com
Warren Root
This stone was found during the 1970's in my back yard. My residence at that
time was located approximately 10 miles southwest of downtown Richmond, VA and
just south of U.S.Route 60. The location found may have been its original
location or it could have been transported to that location. Note the uncanny
likeness to a heart.
WHAT IS IT?
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Send your ideas, comments and questions to Warren at
wldroot@aol.com
or mail him at...
Warren Root
3924 Fordham Road
Richmond, VA 23236
Andrew
Hello,
My name is Andrew. I have found a fossil that is very hard to identify. I
found this fossil at an elementary school. I want to know if I
should scrape away all the rock particles that surround the fossil. My fossil is
about two and a half inches by one inch. My fossil is brown with some dark
black.
I found this fossil at Sugar Hill Elementary School off of Old Country Road in
Moreno Valley Ca.. The school sits down in a valley and is surrounded by hills.
This fossil was inside a crevice about 3 feet deep.
Click on image for an enlargement.
Send your ideas, comments and questions to Andrew at
SmithYoda@aol.com
Bill Heimbrock
The "Wedge with Ridges" microfossil. This microfossil is
abundant in a thin layer of the Arnheim Formation of the Upper Ordovician rocks
in Florence, Kentucky. The preservation is unique to the "
Cyclora Fossil Hash
" micromorph assemblage.
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