Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hello again! I really need some help with this: is this a fossil chili pepper? This beautiful fossil was found by my grandpa in the Carrière de Ciply, Belgium (website: http://www.cmpb.net/fr/ciply.php ); meaning it dates from the Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous (68mya). Do you have any clue what this is? Thanks a lot, Max Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 This doesn't look plant like to me,... at all. Could be a sedimentary structure, or in-filled burrow. Not a chili pepper, however. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Fossildude19 said: This doesn't look plant like to me,... at all. Could be a sedimentary structure, or in-filled burrow. Not a chili pepper, however. You think so? Chili pepper did indeed seem quite weird to me, also because the fossils found in Ciply are marine remains. Thanks for your help, Max Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Looks like geology to me. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Just now, LordTrilobite said: Looks like geology to me. Ok, thanks fro the help! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Haha. Very funny. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 5 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Haha. Very funny. What is funny? Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Sorry. I thought you were joking. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Ludwigia said: Sorry. I thought you were joking. Ok then. What did you think I was joking about? Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I think you know what I mean. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I'll spice things up with this elegant piece from AJB: a Cretaceous Piperaceaean Now we know what killed the dinosaurs: spicy food http://www.amjbot.org/content/102/2/273.full.pdf+html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 It's funny because it is not a chili pepper at all. It is a Hungarian Wax pepper. http://www.google.com/search?q=Hungarian+pepper&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1&tbm=isch This is a common fossil in the Salad Bar formations of the western USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I actually prefer Jalapeno, but I unfortunately don't have any literature on it available. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Wait, I'm cofused now... Is this just a geological thing, or an actual pepper (as @tmaier said)??? And why are people laughing? Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I am not making fun of you,Max. Zou het niet durven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 6 hours ago, doushantuo said: I am not making fun of you,Max. Zou het niet durven! Well, you can make fun of me when it comes to fossil plants, I stink at it... Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 We are all here to learn,Max. I am bad at all identifications,period. I identify bags of recent concrete as cyanobacterial deposits,and recently could not see the vegetative nature of a Lepidodendron-like adpression fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Sorry Max. Please take no offense. We don't mean to confuse you. We are just joking around at the thought of finding a fossilized pepper in Cretaceous sediments. I apologize that I thought that you might be joking about this. Seriously though, the family of the Piperaceae do go back as far as the Maastrichian, so who knows? I don't think that any fruits have been found, however. http://2012.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=272 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Ludwigia and i both posted an Cretaceous peppers,or related forms. Now everybody knows peppers go back to the Mesozoic. I've got one of those vervelende pepermolentjes van Albert Heijn die het zelden goed doen,BTW Waste of money,that thing was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Better double than nothing Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 It could also be a coprolite. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 @Ludwigia @doushantuo No offense taken, don't worry. So conclusion to this is: just geology. Right? Beat regards, Max Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 36 minutes ago, Max-fossils said: @Ludwigia @doushantuo No offense taken, don't worry. So conclusion to this is: just geology. Right? Beat regards, Max Probably, although as Tim suggests, it may be a burrow. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Probably, although as Tim suggests, it may be a burrow. Or as @GeschWhat suggested m, it could be a coprolite. Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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