Flower Or Seed?

[mdpaulhus]

These are from the Miocene Trout Creek Formation, Harney County, Oregon. They are preserved in a very light diatomite. At first I though the first one was some sort of flower, but I am now wondering of if it is actually a seed. Any ideas?

The second fossil appears to be some type of nut or fruit. Probably no way to identify it, but it does have a certain sort of appeal to it.

When I was researching this site, I was only reading about plant fossils. So I was quite amazed to also come across the fish fossil shown. I have not identified this one yet.

[Auspex]

I am not familiar with that formation at all; the matrix material is very interesting! (Google here I come).

Of course, I love the fish. I get no spark of recognition with the second fossil, and the first looks like there might be more that can be revealed under the matrix (?).

[Guest N.AL.hunter]

I am with Auspex... new formation to me. I hope you have a good microscope cause diatomaceous earth is really fun to look at under high magnification. Must be very brittle? I would call the first thing a flower by appearance only, but it could be a seed.

[siteseer]

It does look like one of those seeds that spins down to the ground. I've seen specimens like that on nature shows but also know I've seen a photo of a fossil like that somewhere.

These are from the Miocene Trout Creek Formation, Harney County, Oregon. They are preserved in a very light diatomite. At first I though the first one was some sort of flower, but I am now wondering of if it is actually a seed. Any ideas?

The second fossil appears to be some type of nut or fruit. Probably no way to identify it, but it does have a certain sort of appeal to it.

When I was researching this site, I was only reading about plant fossils. So I was quite amazed to also come across the fish fossil shown. I have not identified this one yet.