minnbuckeye Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I have tried without confidence on my IDs for these finds from Sweetwater County, Wyoming. I suspect Sycamore?? It would be great to get these labeled properly!!!! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 As long as I am at it, here is a picture. Not sure if it is wood splinters or needles or nothings. Opinions welcomed!!! Size is about 3-4 cm long. 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Way to go. You have been hunting far and wide , Mike and finding high quality fossils. Is'nt life grand? As you know, little of this survives in my area, just fossilized wood and sometimes plant roots. High quality photos of high quality leaf surfaces (I love number 3). That last photo seems like twigs, I will be watching with interest. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 This looks like Paleocene flora. The large platanoid leaves are Macginitiea sp. and the leafy shoots appear to be Glyptostrobus europaeus. Manchester, S.R. 2014 Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene Flora. Sborník Národního Muzea v Praze - Řada B, 70(3-4):153-210 PDF LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Thank you very much @piranha. The article was helpful and the IDs are great!! Any idea on picture 5?? I found multiple specimens and they all looked similar. Also the word platanoid used in your response is hard to understand. No definition can be found. I am just curious of its meaning. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 4 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: Thank you very much @piranha. The article was helpful and the IDs are great!! Any idea on picture 5?? I found multiple specimens and they all looked similar. Image 5 is: Equisetum sp. (Manchester 2014) Equisetum is sometimes present, represented by stems and/or rhizomes and sometimes by rhizome nodules but detailed comparative studies with other fossil and extant species have not been done. Brown (1962) cited various epithets that had been applied earlier for specimens from the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region, but did not settle on an appropriate bionomial, noting that “When, however, these species are examined in the light of the material now on hand, they do not seem to be readily distinguishable. Size of stem, number of teeth in the sheaths, shape of the tubers—all vary so greatly, with gradations from one to another, and with no apparent constancy in any set of features, that I shall not attempt to define the species” (Brown 1962, p. 46). 4 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: Also the word platanoid used in your response is hard to understand. No definition can be found. I am just curious of its meaning. 'oid' = suffix denoting shape, form, bearing resemblance: 'platanoid' = a member of the Platanaceae family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 @piranha Got it!! And thank you again for all of your help now and in the past!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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