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Charles Du posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months agoCharles Du has contributed specimen mFeM 86910 to myFOSSIL!
Charles Du posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
Charles Du has contributed specimen mFeM 86910 to myFOSSIL!
Greetings @charles-du ! Gorgeous specimens! Looks like you’re working the Clarno Formation, which is Eocene-Oligocene in age. @mackenzie-smith should be able help with an ID.
Thank you for your response. I’ll be posting more with more information on the fossils soon so stay posted. 🙂
@charles-du @matthew-gramling Sorry for the hiatus on the reply. I was teaching a very stressful online class last semester and I’m catching up on ID requests. @matthew-gramling You’re close, this is actually the formation above the Clarno. This is the Big Basin Member of the John Day Formation and is Early Oligocene. The first image is Platanus condonii (an extinct sycamore). 2 is a little harder to tell what it is specifically though it’s definitely a fruit you want to hold onto. If the distal part of the fruit is flat then it is probably a rose fruit. It it is under sediment or if the distal part didn’t preserve then it’s hard to say. Could be a walnut or Creigia. This is something that would be easier to ID in person or with CT scanning. I can’t tell if picture 3 is a fossil or not. Images 4 and 5 are Metasequoia occidentalis (extinct species of dawn redwood). The reference images can be found in Meyer and Manchester 1997 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269393528_The_Oligocene_Bridge_Creek_Flora_of_the_John_Day_Formation_Oregon.
Thanks for the correction @mackenzie-smith! Best of luck with the new semester!
Metasequoia occidentalis. First photo I believe.
Thank you @matthew-gramling & @mackenzie-smith for you assistance identifying these specimens! I’ll be posting all specimens individually for now on to make identification easier. 🦕
@charles-du No problem. I’m viewing this on PC so the order might be different than on the app. I recommend creating a different post/upload for each specimen. That way to if you want they can become digital vouchers for the eMuseum.
@mackenzie-smith thank you for the suggestion. I most definitely will. Also working on getting better quality photos.