Southern Illinois Fossils

[xoxididntdoitxox]

I found these fossils in a old creek bed when I was Bow Hunting 2 years ago. After I had found the first one, I forgot all about Bow Hunting. I know that there are more there, I just havent had the time to go back and look.
Does anyone have any Idea what type of Plants these are ?

[pris]

Firestone or Goodyear to me

[pris]

Those are beautiful specimine. I grew up in Paducah, KY and we used to find lots of fossils when I was young, but nothing like that.

Great find!

[creekrat]

hey priss,i worked at kentucky dam for 4 months in 1971(rewinding a hydro generator.loved that country we ate at a place call the pelican do you know it? creek

[l38ranger]

nice fossils...not sure what the two ends are..the first looks like a back of an allagator... hope somebody can help you there...good luck...

[Tuffy1065]

The first pic looks like something like what my brother found in a creek bed in so Iowa. It's a fossil of a tree fern called a Psaronius. It's from the pennsylvanian period making it 300-350 million years old.
I sent my pics via e-mail to the local natural history museum and they identified them for me.

[xoxididntdoitxox]

Originally Posted by pris

Firestone or Goodyear to me

They look like Firestone or Goodyear to me too, or may be a Michilin LOL... ( u r funny) Have you ever been to the Silver Saddle in Paducah ??

[pris]

Isn't that in the Executive Inn? I haven't been to that bar, but I definitely know it. It really is a small world, huh?

Hey Creek. I'm pretty sure I remember the Pelican. Good catfish there!! I used to go to this place prettly close to Murray, KY in a town called Almo that was called the four seasons. They had some pretty mean Catfish (all you can eat)with white beans and cornbread!

Man, I miss home sometimes...

[Snakeman_BK]

Yeah they look like cycad trunks to me too.