okiesprout Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 My husband and I just found a whole bunch of these in a gravel creek bed in Beggs Oklahoma. I am pretty sure they are from the Pennsylvanian period. they are round, like a ball. they looked pretty out of place to us. We also found a bunch that were halved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Welcome to the forum. Can you post a picture of your finds? Do the halved ones have layers around a central core? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Welcome to TFF! Yeah, we need pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi okiesprout, Do your fossil balls look like these? (Click on pictures to enlarge) If so, then they are the floating portion of these Crinoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattsomattso Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Here is a pic that shows to what okiesprout was referring. She and I are new to the forum so please excuse our ignorance in uploading pics (if you can't see the pic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattsomattso Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The one in the upper right is near perfectly spherical and smooth. When these are split open, they are black inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Welcome!! Okmulgee area (near Morris, Okla.) has a location for plant fossils that is contemporary with the more famous Mazon Creek location in Illinois. One of our fellow forum member is one of the writers on this paper about the location. Here's a link to the PDF> https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/21841/paleo_2014-MooreEtAl_OkmulgeeFlora_RPP.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y With these type of fossil nodules, many of them may be blank inside and others will contain fern-like plants and other fossils. They'd also be associated with coal mines. Are there coal mines near your location? Edited January 26, 2015 by Stocksdale Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattsomattso Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thank you. The link doesn't seem to work. What could I Google in order to find the paper to which you're referring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Here try this. https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/21841 or this http://si-pddr.si.edu/bitstream/10088/21841/1/paleo_2014-MooreEtAl_OkmulgeeFlora_RPP.pdf The forum member known as 'fiddlehead' is one of the writers--Jack Wittry. He's also written much material on Mazon Creek fossils. Edited January 26, 2015 by Stocksdale Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattsomattso Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Awesome! That worked. Great read so far too. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) I was assuming from the location, that they were likely siderite nodules. I may be wrong and there are other possibilities. Probably need to see more of the items. Edited January 26, 2015 by Stocksdale Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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