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These fossils are believed to be Marine Cretaceous fossils, I found them today in Southern California, Im guessing their marine algae leaves or something ,what do you think?

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Maybe Taxodium (cypress et al), which is known from the Jurassic on.

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Hmmm! I will say Glyptostrobus sp.( according to Mesozoic fossils part 2.The Cretaceous period, by Bruce L. Stinchcomb) rather than Taxodium. Take a look to this pics, and compare:

Fossil Glyptostrobus sp.:

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Actual Taxodium:

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Neat branches! Definitely looks conifer to me.

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Neat branches! Definitely looks conifer to me.

Actually I think the first one is red algae and the second one is green algae, it really matches the picture.

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It sort of looks like Parataxodium sp. ?? from the upper cretaceous

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Actually I think the first one is red algae and the second one is green algae, it really matches the picture.

The "leaves" on the red algae are opposite; on your fossil they are alternate.

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The "leaves" on the red algae are opposite; on your fossil they are alternate.

the leaves on the red algae near the top actually appear to be opposite

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Ah, OK, I was looking at the other one.

Still, the top one seems to have been rather stiff and stick-like; it looks like it was originally one piece that broke and the two pieces settled at an acute angle to each other. :unsure:

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“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

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Ah, OK, I was looking at the other one.

Still, the top one seems to have been rather stiff and stick-like; it looks like it was originally one piece that broke and the two pieces settled at an acute angle to each other. :unsure:

hmm interesting,, i gotta go find something better hahaha

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Better? Dude, it's a Cretaceous plant, which I happen to think is pretty cool!

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hmm interesting,, i gotta go find something better hahaha

Do you thing that is a nuisance? Well, in my collection, there is no Mesozoic plant material...Only paleozoic and caenozoic are easy to find by me!

If you don`t want it, just send it to me! Hahahahha! :D;)

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Do you thing that is a nuisance? Well, in my collection, there is no Mesozoic plant material...Only paleozoic and caenozoic are easy to find by me!

If you don`t want it, just send it to me! Hahahahha! :D;)

now my plants sound rare, i think il keep em :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

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I'm no expert but it might be Metasequoia, which I have seen in the Paleocene and Cret of Wyoming. Can oyu find oyurself a copy of "Fossil Plants of Western North America" by .... dang I forget who wrote it. try your ocal library, or online.

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Common Fossli Plants of Western North America / William D. Tidwell

isbn 1-56098-758-8

Fossil Plants / Paul kenrick & Paul Davis

isbn 1-58-834156-9

Identification Guide to the Fossil Plants of the Horseshoe Canyon formation of Drumheller, Alberta

Kevin R Aulenback isbn978-1-55238-247-9

Paleocene Flora of the Rocky Mountains and the great Plains

Geologigal Survey professional Paper 375

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