Fossil Fruit?

[painshill]

Here’s the item mentioned on another thread concerning fossil fruits. It’s in a nodule about half an inch thick and from the Kem Kem formations of the Moroccan Sahara. It was claimed to be “a fruit”, but I have no idea.

It’s not the easiest thing to photograph, but here’s some pics taken under different lighting conditions of both the positive and negative halves:

Positives:

Negatives:

Any ideas?.... Any ideas if you squinch your eyes really hard?

Edited July 25, 2012 by painshill

[evannorton]

these look very similar to the jellyfish mazon creek fossils.

[Auspex]

these look very similar to the jellyfish mazon creek fossils.

I agree; the resemblance is very strong.

[painshill]

The Kem Kem beds are not remowned for jellyfish, but I guess there's no particular reason why not. Unfortunately the precise formation for this is not known. You may not have noticed, but the nodule also includes this spherical object... does that provide any further clues?:

[incidentally, while googling for petrified fruit in relation to discussion on the other thread, this came up:

Sure looks petrified to me.

Edited July 25, 2012 by painshill

[mommabetts]

The Kem Kem beds are not remowned for jellyfish, but I guess there's no particular reason why not. Unfortunately the precise formation for this is not known. You may not have noticed, but the nodule also includes this spherical object... does that provide any further clues?:

[incidentally, while googling for petrified fruit in relation to discussion on the other thread, this came up:

Sure looks petrified to me.

LOL that is cute