Please help to identify fossil

[Thennarasu]

Could someone please help in identifying the fossils i collected in South India

[FranzBernhard]

Welcome to TFF from Austria!

 

Would you like to specify formation?

 

The last one reminds me of some Triassic flora over here, but that is most probably just coincidence.

 

Franz Bernhard

[Thennarasu]

Hi Franz Bernard

Many thanks for your message.  I simply have no idea what these are . I am basically looking for name of the fossil/plant species and the period to which they belong.

 

Regards

Then

[R0b]

Usually the other way around works better. Without knowing the location and formation (geological age), identification for most fossils is impossible as there are too many options and similar organisms. Search the internet for a geological map of the area where you found them and see if you can provide additional information.

[Kane]

The second piece looks to me like mineral staining, not a fossil.

[Thennarasu]

Many thanks...elsewhere in the internet I see the location could belong to upper gondwana or cretaceous period... Taeniopteris and Ptilophyllum plant varieties are the usual ones found in this location

[Kane]

Try to name the formation by using a geologic bedrock map. Also, "Gondwana" is not a geologic period. 

[Thennarasu]

This location is some times referred as upper gondwana formation and wikipedia refers as below '. Sriperumbudur belongs to the Sriperumbudur Formation, which is characterised by arenaceous and argillaceous rock units composed of splintery green shale, clays, and sandstones with ironstone intercalation.'

[DPS Ammonite]

See figure 2 for similar plant fossils from the Early Cretaceous Sriperumbudur Formation:

 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Annamraju-Rajanikanth/publication/260564267_An_Integrated_Inquiry_of_Early_Cretaceous_Flora_Palar_Basin_India/links/02e7e53199745756ec000000/An-Integrated-Inquiry-of-Early-Cretaceous-Flora-Palar-Basin-India.pdf?origin=publication_detail

 

Rajanikanth et al., 2010. An Integrated Inquiry of Early Cretaceous Flora, Palar Basin, India, Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology 60(1&3)(60(1&3))

 

Help @paleoflor Elatocladus plana?

 

 

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by DPS Ammonite

[Thennarasu]

Thanks @DPS Ammonite and everyone . This is very helpful. 

[patelinho7]

Location in India where you found the fossils? 

I think I can help. Also agree that 2nd photo is mineral staining.

 

- Kailash

[Thennarasu]

I found this fossil in Gunduperumbedu village of Sriperumbudur town near Chennai, Tamilnadu

[patelinho7]

13 hours ago, Thennarasu said:

I found this fossil in Gunduperumbedu village of Sriperumbudur town near Chennai, Tamilnadu

Ok after cross-referencing maps, I believe the age of that region is Quaternary. Would explain the relatively well-preserved plant fossils. Not sure what type they are, but hopefully the age can help plant fossil experts identify 

[Thennarasu]

Thanks for the comments