Kentucky Fossil Fern
Carboniferous
About Kentucky Fossil Fern
The Kentucky Fossil Fern is a plant fossil dating to the Carboniferous. Fossil Fern is a realistic Kentucky fossil profile built around frond imprint from swamp forests preserved in shale and siltstone. In this state, success usually comes from learning roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Identification Tips
- ●pinnate leaflet pattern
- ●carbonized film
- ●coal-measure shale matrix
- ●Check roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels
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