A leaf that fell a hundred million years ago… still whispering through amber light.
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Here are some more close up photos. Looks like there are a few small leaves, bark, maybe moss.
#fossils #plantfossil #woodfossil #fossilizedwood

Cladophlebis, both the primary side and negative side, with the negative revealing a further layer of Taeniopteris, and what is probably Phyllotheca

Couldn’t find the tape measure, hence the fingers for context

Early / Mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

I’m really not sure what this is, could be an early cycadophyte, nonetheless it’s one of my favourite finds. The details are sensational.

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Probably a Dicroidium branch segment, collected it as I like the orange oxide preservation

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Cladophlebis with spore prints. This one is in a box. Don’t have room to display it.

Early / mid #Triassic, Newport Formation, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Phyllotheca leading growth segments - unknown as to whether these mature into Strobili, or the support the leafy part of the plant.

Early / Mid #Triassic, Newport Formation, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

A number of specimens that have since weathered away, the single long orange leaf is Taeniopteris. The one that looks like Monstera, and the third branch segment, with leaves, no idea.

Early / mid #Triassic, Sydney Basin, Newport Formation

#plantfossil #fossil

Not sure what this is, I’ve found a few, perhaps a Cycadophyte?
I really don’t know…

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#fossil #plantfossil

Taeniopteris leaf / trunk association

Early / mid #Triassic, Newport Formation, Sydney Basin

#fossil #plantfossil

Cladophlebis

Early / mid #Triassic, Newport Formation, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

The two sides - A massive boulder that fell of a cliff, revealing some leaf fossils.

Collected the much smaller side :p

Unipinnate Dicroidium (main) and Bipinnate Dicroidium (background left edge)

Early / mid #Triassic Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Interesting specimen, number of different leaves, one broad leaved Taeniopteris at left, and what I suspect are Heidiphyllum at centre, which is preserved perfectly.

Early / mid #Triassic, Newport Formation, Sydney Basin

#fossil #plantfossil

Some further close ups of the specimen, showing the fossilised roots, and section of trunk with, what appears to be, a Cylomeia leaf association #plantfossil #fossil

All from the same specimen, dicroidium fragment, a decayed / frayed taeniopteris leaf, and a trunk and root ball of either Cylomeia or Phyllotheca, small leaf fragments attached to the trunk suggest the former

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Collection of Podocarpis, or alternatively, unipinate Dicroidium. All from this fallen rock.

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Dicroidium leaf with cuticle layer intact. The shale is quite dark, so contrast is not high, but does show well in the right light.

One of the most complete Dicroidium specimens in my collection

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Probably Todites, but stem is very thick!

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Not a #jellyfish :p

Likely Phyllotheca strobila surrounded by leaf whorls

Early / mid #Triassic Newport Formation, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#fossil #plantfossil

Probably #cladophlebis

Good branch, stem, leaf association in this example.

These were large plants.

Early / mid #Triassic, Newport Formation (within Narrabeen Group), Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Probably #Cladophlebis

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Newport sub-group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

Either unipinate #Dicroidium or #Podocarpus

Early / mid #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#fossil #plantfossil

#dicroidium #umkomasia ovulate structures / organs.

See my earlier post for the male pollen structures.

Early / mid #Triassic Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

#plantfossil #fossil

The reverse of the earlier post, featuring a full Dicroidium leaf, further restoration includes the joining stem of both sides of the Dicroidium branch.

Too much effort to move out the cabinet to rephotograph 🤣

Early #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin #plantfossil #fossil

Large cross section featuring a wide range of Dicroidium forms.

The reverse of top half of the onsite pic features a full Dicroidium leaf which I will post separately.

What is in studio is the bottom half of the onsite.

Early #Triassic, Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin #plantfossil #fossil

Bipinate and unipinate Dicroidium from same location, strata, living aside one another, along with equisetum and an, unknown plant with long strap like leaves

#plantfossil #fossil early mid #triassic Narrabeen Group, Sydney Basin

Glossopteris leaves, in situ, late #permian, Sydney Basin #plantfossil #fossil

#Taeniopteris, probably T. Lentriculiformis, with stem / trunk and leaf association, which is quite rare find

Hand for scale, was challenging to move.

Newport Formation, within Narrabeen Formation, Sydney Basin, early mid #triassic #plantfossil #fossil

The "disco-ball" is actually the cone-like strobili attached to a #Phyllotheca. #plantfossil #fossil early mid #triassic #sydney

Now in the Australian Museum collection.

Smaller Late Permian species (which was described by Etheridge in 1901 from Newcastle - media.australian.museum/media/Upload...

Fossil Friday #222: Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #FossilFriday #braidwood #seedfern #paleobotany #plantfossil

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