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Found these today
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Found today, any ideas?
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Hi everyone! When I was a little kid I found this fossil while swimming in Lake Cumberland in Kentucky. I've always cherished it, but now I kinda what to know what the heck it is! I'm guessing some sorta nut or seed, but I'd like to get more specific answers. Any ideas?? Thanks!
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Hi everyone, I was browsing the forums and came across a post (http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/51360-fossilized-figs/), since closed, that reminded me of some possible tree seeds that I found in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, in the same chunk of sandstone as a small t rex tooth. The "fossilized figs" originally posted in that topic didn't look like a fossil, but later on there was a link to someone selling fossil figs on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fossil-Fig-in-Matrix-Lance-Creek-Wyoming-Dinosaur-era-/361133992105?pt=UK_Collectables_RocksFossils_Minerals_EH&hash=item54154368a9 Long story short, I don't know much about plants, but the shape, as well as the similar age and location, reminded me of my "tree seeds." I have two views of the first: Here is another: So, do I have some fossil figs, or fossil seeds, or just seed-shaped rocks? Thanks in advance
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Needing some id on this please, It looks much like red coral but is is so small 5mm round with a dark embedded line that runs around and meets with a seed like hole in centre at top like it came of a vine or something. When look through loupe it has tiny lines running around outsides of the line, help please Found on beach.
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more big brook nj THANKS! for all your input
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I found this while fossil hunting yesterday. The exposure I was hunting in is close to a creek shore, and it's obvious the water level rises to its height by the rounding of the nearby stones and the fossil itself (evident on its backside). Other finds in the same area included mostly coral and brachiopods, as well as pieces of coal. I'm no expert on fossils, but when I found this the first thought was a nut shell or seed. But, I know you don't find nuts during this time period fossilized, especially anything this size, and I can't even tell what type of modern day nut it resembles. I then thought it was possibly the underside of a shell, but it has two distinct protrusions inside which twist together, again resembling the inside of some type of nut or seed. Basically, I don't know what this is and would appreciate the help or thoughts. Thanks
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Hi Folks- I had this beauty open last night and wanted to get folks opinions on an id. Stay warm! Evan
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is this a seed in amber, or something else? it is in the same piece as the unidentified insect i posted somewhere else in this forum. here is a picture:
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Trigonocarpus (Seed) from St. Clair PA This is a walnut shaped fossil discovered Aug. 30 at the St. Clair, PA Carboniferous fern site. This was found by Nan while she was looking for insects/traces - assume it is a fern seed (trigonocarpus is the morphologic genus given to fern seeds) but we haven't seen this one before. It is about 3 1/2 centimeters long: Here are some closeups:
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Found this gorgeous little fella today in some Triassic sediment that had eroded out of a cliff near here. It was in a layer that also had a lot of Dicroidium leaves. I thought it might be a cupule, just looking for an accurate ID. Cheers,
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I've been pondering this fossil from St. Clair and it looks like a "cupule" that encloses a seed or spore and I'm thinking that it might be cupules at the end of a node - maybe archaeopteris. Is anyone familiar with these fossil plant cupules who might shed some light on this? One of the very surprising things we're learning about fossil plants (Pennsylvanian) is that many of the ferns and horsetails had different shaped leaves or leaf configurations on the same plant, such as the microphylls on the trunk, cupules that enclosed seeds, and young round leaves versus older elongated leaves (neuropteris for example). Still learning about paleobotany at St. Clair where we've been collecting - fascinating.
