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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_138_29899440.1220316163256 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline That's an awesome find Bernie! I have a lot of plant fossils but none that detailed. Mine are mostly pith casts and tree bark of Calamites and Cordaites trees from the Upper Carboniferous Period. Since Cape Breton is a coal-rich area I would guess your brother's fossil to be from the Upper Carboniferous as well (310 to 290 million years ago). Here's a link to the NSMNH's website on this period: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/geol/carb.htm They also have photos with which you might be able to compare the fossil. Someone from the museum will probably respond with an identification for you. Cheers, Cindy On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Bernard Burke <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote: > All > > I have just returned from Cape Breton and my brother showed me an > interesting rock that he discovered. He was following the shoreline when he > spotted what appeared to be a plant impression on a piece of rock, and > fortunately he thought of looking for other pieces because he pretty much > found the entire rock as it looked before it had somehow become broken. > Looking at this rock as a whole with the pieces assembled together, most > people would likely have never given it a second look: > > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/6/50427443_rWnnA/Medium > > This is how it looks in three pieces: > > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/5/50427447_rQYVD/Medium > > This is a photo of the two main pieces folded back pretty much the same as > opening a book, showing symmetry of the plant at the point of breakage: > > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/5/50431093_H3WWG/Medium > > Here is the previous photo, cropped for a closer look: > > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/5/50431095_W6vBC/Medium > > I was wondering if anyone with a knowledge of plants can tell us if they > see a close resemblance to any plant that exists today. > Thanks in advance. > > Bernard Burke > blburke@ns.sympatico.ca > Dartmouth > ------=_Part_138_29899440.1220316163256 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div dir="ltr"><div>That's an awesome find Bernie! I have a lot of plant fossils but none that detailed. Mine are mostly pith casts and tree bark of Calamites and Cordaites trees from the Upper Carboniferous Period. Since Cape Breton is a coal-rich area I would guess your brother's fossil to be from the Upper Carboniferous as well (310 to 290 million years ago). Here's a link to the NSMNH's website on this period: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/geol/carb.htm They also have photos with which you might be able to compare the fossil. Someone from the museum will probably respond with an identification for you.</div> <div> </div> <div>Cheers,</div> <div>Cindy<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Bernard Burke <span dir="ltr"><blburke@ns.sympatico.ca></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">All</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have just returned from Cape Breton and my brother showed me an interesting rock that he discovered. He was following the shoreline when he spotted what appeared to be a plant impression on a piece of rock, and fortunately he thought of looking for other pieces because he pretty much found the entire rock as it looked before it had somehow become broken. Looking at this rock as a whole with the pieces assembled together, most people would likely have never given it a second look:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/6/50427443_rWnnA/Medium</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">This is how it looks in three pieces:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/5/50427447_rQYVD/Medium</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">This is a photo of the two main pieces folded back pretty much the same as opening a book, showing symmetry of the plant at the point of breakage:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/5/50431093_H3WWG/Medium</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Here is the previous photo, cropped for a closer look:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/5/50431095_W6vBC/Medium</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I was wondering if anyone with a knowledge of plants can tell us if they see a close resemblance to any plant that exists today.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks in advance.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><font color="#888888"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Bernard Burke</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">