Petrified_Pete Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Any idea what this could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 There is a passing resemblance to some Carboniferous plant parts... "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...
Indy Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 It would be helpful to know where the specimens were collected including the time period ... if known Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified_Pete Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 It was found lying on the surface of the dry mississippi river bed, so I have no idea what the time period could be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Can you be more specific as to the locality ... The state and nearest city for example. Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 The Mississippi is a pretty long river... That said, anything found loose on the bed of any river cannot generally be identified as to the source strata, other than "somewhere upstream". There are Minnesota rocks in Louisiana. "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...
Petrified_Pete Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Near Chester IL. according to the map, quarternary, but since it was loose..yes could have been from anywhere upstream too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Compare to this <LINK>; Sigillaria brardii "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...
Herb Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Best guess is Sigillaria fragments. Well worn. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified_Pete Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 That must be it....the samples at this link look even more like mine: http://www.yamadori-bonsai.info/Pu_VerstHolz863.html Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Direct comparison (different scales; sorry) fro the link I provided above: "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...
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