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Dominik Niehaus posted a new specimen. 8 months, 3 weeks ago
8 months, 3 weeks ago8 months, 3 weeks agoDominik Niehaus has contributed specimen mFeM 68598 to myFOSSIL!
Dominik Niehaus posted a new specimen. 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Dominik Niehaus has contributed specimen mFeM 68598 to myFOSSIL!
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Fascinating specimens, @dominik-niehaus! Many of these fossils look like graptolites to me, especially in the first image. What say you, @nathan-newell?
Oh no, they’re definitely plant fossil. Probably seed ferns. my photos didn’t come out great, but you can spot a few fronds.
@dominik-niehaus, do you have any other images of these fossils you could share please? I can see the fern fronds, but it is rather rare that the individual “‘leaves” (pinules) of a fern frond would be preserved so well. Several structures that have the ridge bisecting the ellipsoids resemble the graptolite Phyllograptus, while those that are…[Read more]
I added some close-ups of the leaves, but as I said, they’re not ferns but seed ferns – plants that look “fern-ish” in the fossil record but differ both in the structure of their leaves and the fact that they have seeds instead of spores.
@i-edwards @dominik-niehaus Hi, everybody! Very cool fossil! It has a ferny texture to the leaves, so I’d say it’s a plant. In fact it looks similar to this one:
Specimen 64064
What do you all think?
@Nathan-Newell Yup, that looks very similar – and according to a quick Google search, Neuropteris has been found in the Ruhr Area.
Hi, @Nathan-Newell, @Dominik-Niehaus, and @I-Edwards! @Mackenzie-Smith might also be able to chime in!
@i-edwards, @samantha-ocon, @dominik-niehaus and @nathan-newell, Wow, I’m popular today. Yes, I agree with Nathan and Dominik that this is a species of Neuropteris. The midvein of the pinnule attaches to the rachis without any laminar attachment. This, however, is not a fern despite having foliage that looks like ferns. These plants produce seeds…[Read more]
Thank you @dominik-niehaus for uploading the additional images and @samantha-ocon, @nathan-newell, and @nathan-newell for your input! My, my, how much difference a extra few pictures can make in deciphering the identity of a fossil! Thank you again @dominik-niehaus for sharing – very nice specimens of seed ferns! 🙂