Tristen Klavenga, a 27-year-old bartender at Mom’s Basement in Birmingham, found a fossil that prompted one Reddit user to call Klavenga a “lucky bastard.” Here's more about that “pretty darn scaly” fossil found in Alabama:
Internet sleuths believe this fossil discovered by Birmingham bartender Tristen Klavenga is a Lepidodendron, an extinct scale tree.Tristen Klavenga was searching for turtles and snakes while walking with friends on a creek off the Cahaba River in Irondale on Saturday.
“It was partially exposed most likely from the heavy rain this season, but as I spotted it, I knew right away it was a fossil, but I wasn’t sure of what exactly,” he told AL.com on Wednesday night. “I figured it was a prehistoric palm, but after some consideration I decided not to rule out if it were maybe a fish of some sort due to its scaly condition. "
“I suspected this was some type of palm at first glance, but after close inspection, it looks pretty darn scaly. Please educate me,” he wrote.The lepidodendron tree first surfaced some 318 million years ago, according to theMembers of the fossil subreddit delighted in Klavenga’s find.Another called Kalvenga a “lucky bastard.”
“As a kid, critters and fossils were my obsession and as an adult it’s carried over pretty heavily, so I’ve always had a knack for learning [about that] sort of stuff,” he said.
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