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High drama! 0:


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One of my latest additions

Lycopodites meeki
Mazon Creek, Illinous, USA
Carboniferous - 309 mya
7cm approx

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Plant? :-?


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Richprins wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:53 pmPlant?
Yes - Giant (tree size) clubmoss
Part of the dominant flora of that time period


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:shock: ^Q^


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Another Mazon Creek Nodule
Carboniferous.
Annularia stellata.
Each half of the nodule is approx 5cm across.

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Tihs is a prehistoric relative of modern Equisetum (horse tail)


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Looks like firework lol


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My latest addition

Mamites Ammonite
Cretaceous - 90 mya
High Atlas, Morocco
10cm approx

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Marmites ammonite! O/\ O\/


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