Lycopod?

[RICHARD LEE]

Found this plant imprint on a rock yesterday. Moenkopi formation? Is it a lycopod? You might have to zoom in to see the lattice.

[RICHARD LEE]

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[Jennifer Bauer]

Hi, @richard-lee, was the error you were receiving about the size of the file or the file type?

@mackenzie-smith

[MacKenzie Smith]

@richard-lee That would be my guess too.

[RICHARD LEE]

Thanks guys. Yeah, it was the file size. I figured it out eventually.

 

@MacKenzie Smith were you commenting on the file size or the lycopod?

[RICHARD LEE]

Are lycopods common in the Moenkopi? This is in southern Utah, if it matters.

[RICHARD LEE]

Ug. So I assumed it was the Moenkopi because of info on a trails website, but the geological map of the Santa Clara quadrangle says it is Shinarump. So I guess that was the same member that I found my other specimen in, miles away.

[Jennifer Bauer]

@richard-lee – have you played around in Macrostrat? It’s a cool digital geologic bedrock map: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=1.5/x=16/y=23/bedrock/lines/ you can move around to find what you are looking for.

They also have an option to search for strata: https://macrostrat.org/sift/#/strat_name_concept/9342

I think @mackenzie-smith was agreeing with your ID – I do too but am less familiar with fossil flora.

How big was your file? I think the size limit is 50 mb for fossil specimens but not sure about in forum posts.

[RICHARD LEE]

@Jennifer Bauer

That’s an awesome resource, thank you!!!

Yes, the size limit is much higher in specimens.

[MacKenzie Smith]

Yes, I was agreeing with the ID. I don’t know what’s common or not in that area, just that it would fit given the age.

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