Stocksdale Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I was looking at a collection of older Mazon Creek material and saw this item. I hadn't seen anything like it. Anyone know what this is? Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Interesting. I can't say i do. But it looks like flora of some kind. My immediate guess would be Cyperites sp. But given the spiraled nature its also suggestive of a Shark egg case, but im 99% sure it's not. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Maybe a prehistoric corn husk doll Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Maybe a horsetail rasta' joint (medicinal of course). ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrteacherdude Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I can't quite tell if I see leaf cushions or scars, I can tell there are some details I can't get a good look at in the pic. I'm thinking Lepidodendron worthenii? That's certainly a floral species with spindle shapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 I think it might be a match for this. http://www.museum.state.il.us/databases/geology/mazoncreek/graphical/record_abbr.php?catalog_number=15752 Archaeocalamites radiata Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ditto "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...
Stocksdale Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 So if that's a match, this would be the leaves at the end of a calamites stem. Perhaps? Maybe something like Asterophyllites longifolius?? Kind of looks like color was added to the fossil in question which made it a bit confusing. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I are you sure it is a Mazon concretion? It looks to me more like material I have seen from Knob Noster. I agree that it appears to be a form of calamities. I have a similar specimen from Mazon which I can post pictures of later today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 It's from an old collection so it could be from anywhere. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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