Keith Schmidt
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Keith Schmidt posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoGreat thank you MacKenzie! Starting to make some progress! I appreciate your help!
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Keith Schmidt posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoPeter Rose at UofM thinks they may be Palms.
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Keith Schmidt posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoMy uncle passed away and he was a geologist so we have a massive rock mineral and as you see fossil collection. These are very dense and very heavy. This one weighs 50+ lbs. We do not know where they came from or have any information on them. I have Michigan State University and the University of Michigan looking at them and confirmed a few of…[Read more]
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Keith Schmidt posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoKeith Schmidt has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi @keith-schmidt – are you finding these in Michigan? Are they rocks? They look like sponges to me.
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My uncle passed away and he was a geologist so we have a massive rock mineral and as you see fossil collection. These are very dense and very heavy. This one weighs 50+ lbs. We do not know where they came from or have any information on them. I have Michigan State University and the University of Michigan looking at them and confirmed a few of…[Read more]
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Hm, most of these look like sponges but it really depends on where you are finding them. I’ll be joining the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology in the fall, maybe we can meet up so I can see them in person. @mackenzie-smith do you have any idea about if these could be palms? the structures look sponge like to me but information is limited.
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Peter Rose at UofM thinks they may be Palms.
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@keith-schmidt @jbauer Yes these are definitely palms. Now that it’s zoomed in and I can see a little of the cross section it is more clear. That scattered, unorganized vascular patter is characteristic of monocots (palms) and in the living ones you can even see it from their “bark” (and on this specimen). Kelly Matsunaga (who was at the…[Read more]
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Great thank you MacKenzie! Starting to make some progress! I appreciate your help!
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Keith Schmidt posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoKeith Schmidt has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Keith Schmidt posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoKeith Schmidt has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Keith Schmidt posted a new specimen in the group
What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoKeith Schmidt has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Keith Schmidt posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoalso they had this to say about them.. Well, I sent the photos around to several knowledgeable colleagues, and some of those have “stumped the chumps!” There are some definite plant fossils— the smaller prone one in the middle and another, far right— that may be cycads. The large elongated, somewhat pointed ones bear a resemblance to the horns…[Read more]
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Keith Schmidt posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoSure can! I am working on getting some 3D pictures for Michigan State University so i can pass them along.
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Keith Schmidt posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoA relative passed away and had them displayed in his house. Unfortunately he passed suddenly and there was no identification on anything. He was a geologist so needless to say learning about rocks and minerals as well!
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What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoLepidodendron?
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They look like it… where did you find these? Also, paging @mackenzie-smith
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A relative passed away and had them displayed in his house. Unfortunately he passed suddenly and there was no identification on anything. He was a geologist so needless to say learning about rocks and minerals as well!
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There appear to be one or two specimens that have the diamond-shaped leaf scars similar to lepidodendron however, the rest do not so I think there might be a mix of woods. For those larger specimens can you is the cross section visible? That is generally the better angle for plant stem ID.
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Sure can! I am working on getting some 3D pictures for Michigan State University so i can pass them along.
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also they had this to say about them.. Well, I sent the photos around to several knowledgeable colleagues, and some of those have “stumped the chumps!” There are some definite plant fossils— the smaller prone one in the middle and another, far right— that may be cycads. The large elongated, somewhat pointed ones bear a resemblance to the horns…[Read more]
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Keith Schmidt joined the group
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Hm, most of these look like sponges but it really depends on where you are finding them. I’ll be joining the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology in the fall, maybe we can meet up so I can see them in person. @mackenzie-smith do you have any idea about if these could be palms? the structures look sponge like to me but information is limited.
Peter Rose at UofM thinks they may be Palms.
@keith-schmidt @jbauer Yes these are definitely palms. Now that it’s zoomed in and I can see a little of the cross section it is more clear. That scattered, unorganized vascular patter is characteristic of monocots (palms) and in the living ones you can even see it from their “bark” (and on this specimen). Kelly Matsunaga (who was at the…[Read more]
Great thank you MacKenzie! Starting to make some progress! I appreciate your help!