RichW9090 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Material: silica Age: Late Pleistocene Locality: near VLA, San Agustin Plains, New Mexico Edited September 16, 2014 by RichW9090 The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Rich, I don't know if it's possible for wood to turn to silica, but that sure reminds me of a gall on a branch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Interesting indeed! What's the cross-section shape of the extension on the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Ahh, BobWill is on the right track. Quite triangular, Bob. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 ok then, an abcess on a tooth or tusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Worley Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Calcium build up from an injury ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Not a vertebrate. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 coral or bryozoan growing on I don't know what "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...
BobWill Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Ahh, BobWill is on the right track. Quite triangular, Bob. Uh...Oh...yeah, well...I only had something if it was hexagonal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I have a oak burl on a small branch that looks remarkably similar to this piece. Does your piece have a circular scar where the "branch" enters it? are the two smaller "branches" circular? And yes wood can be replaced by quartz-- quite common. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I am just plain baffled. Is it one thing or something skewered on the second? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 My guess would be the rhizome of some type of sedge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'm in the bag worm fossil camp. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Lots of diagnostic features, but not a clue what it is. Notice the evenly spaced holes on the surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 good one Bob, I has hopping for a heptagon myself. Are / is the specimen all of one specimen, or 2 different ones Rich? "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...
RichW9090 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 More pictures: The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Wow! Those are seriously cool, I want one, want to trade Rich? They look like some kind of "gall" on a plant , with a stem similar to "Ironweed". "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...
BobWill Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Could it be a spore cone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Here's a detail picture of a single specimen from three views: Edited September 14, 2014 by RichW9090 The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 How about Acorus calmus. If not sweet flag rhizome, then did Papyrus ever grow in the States in the Pleistocene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Looks like a rhizome; sedge, maybe? Vary, very interesting preservation! "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...
Tethys Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Nice finds! I think that is part of a palm, either the base or a fruit. It's the only plant I know of with a triangular cross section to its stems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Sedges have edges, rushes are round.. If I was to dig this out of the border of a modern lake I would say sedge bulb. It is certainly interesting especially since Rich seems to have several examples shown. There is not a lot of info on the plant material in that area. Seems the vert tracks have all the attention. Petrified wood and some bird bones are also mentioned I did see plant bulb and stems from bernalilo county. looking forward to slapping myself on the forehead. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 There is lots of vert material associated, or at least close by, with these plant fossils. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Pretty neat Rich--if only most plants were preserved this well! I give and want to know more specifics....is there an article with the nuts/bolts details? Thanks for showing us! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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