Fern fossil found in WV

[wvdirtdigger]

Can anyone provide info on the type of fossil me and my son found?

 

[robgwv]

Google WV Fossils, Wv geology,Should have something. Ferns where common every where. Still are. HH

 

[Charl]

Your images are too blurry, but they do date from the Upper Carboniferous Era or Pennsylvanian Period. The coal fields of the eastern US are composed of plant matter from the swamps of that era, sometimes called the Coal Age. It might be a Neuropterus sp.:

http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/files/2009/03/neuropteris.jpg

or else Pecopterus:

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Pecopteris5.html

Comparisons:

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Fern_ID_Help.html

note the above 2 links are specific to WV, but the ferns are found in Pa, RI, etc in the East.