300 MYO fossils in Rhode Island

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:37 pm

the only fossils I've found up here are 300 year old tree leaves. I have a bunch in my garden.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:31 am

I think you missed a part of this message Tim. What where the fossils?

Bill

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:40 pm

Hi Bill,

many of the sedimentary rocks around RI and SE Mass are from the Pennsylvanian age and date back to 300 MY. Mostly leaf fossils that look like mimosa leaves. Still cool to find them.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:55 am

I never really found much digging either around here. There is sea shells in the sand here I find from time to time.

Speaking of mimosa tree's I saw a ton of them on the way home from Swansea yesterday.

Bill