Northeast OH fossil - Help with ID please 10/6

[saysac]

Can anyone help with ID on this fossil please? I am told it is not fish part, but that is all I do know. Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian.

[Fossildude19]

Hey Sherry! 

Welcome back.

Good to see you've been out. 

Looks to me like another of those Lacoea cones.

Great find!

Hope all is well.

Regards,

[saysac]

Hi Tim! It is not quite the same as the other Lacoea I have found. The others are more "flower like" in their shape?

[Fossildude19]

33 minutes ago, saysac said:

Hi Tim! It is not quite the same as the other Lacoea I have found. The others are more "flower like" in their shape?

 

Sherry, 

It could be looking different for a few different reasons: It could be an artifact of preservation,  ... or the position in which it rested in the mud before it got fossilized, or, like many plant fragments, it's a piece that was blown in the water by heavy or stormy winds, leaving the cone damaged.

 

To me - it looks like it was flattened from the top, at an oblique angle, and the raised twig looking part could be a stem/point of attachment?? 

The general flattened carbonaceous look to it is very plant like preservation.

Just a guess - Hope some other plant folks weigh in.

Regards,