kolleamm Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auspex Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Maybe Taxodium (cypress et al), which is known from the Jurassic on. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 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.: Actual Taxodium: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Neat branches! Definitely looks conifer to me. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolleamm Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 It sort of looks like Parataxodium sp. ?? from the upper cretaceous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 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. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolleamm Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolleamm Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. hmm interesting,, i gotta go find something better hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Better? Dude, it's a Cretaceous plant, which I happen to think is pretty cool! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolleamm Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 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! now my plants sound rare, i think il keep em :) :) :) :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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