whe36152 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Does anyone know what this is? Found in East Oklahoma near Arkansas border. Its petrified into a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Looks like a section of coral! Pretty nice piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Looks more like a piece of Stigmaria.... 4 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whe36152 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Thanks. I haven't seen anything like it. Thought it looked like some kinda prehistoric octopus arm part or dino tail. Have you seen coral that looked like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whe36152 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 I think it is Stigmaria looking at other pics online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Welcome to the forum!!! "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whe36152 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whe36152 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 yup, JohnJ got it I think stigmaria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Welcome to TFF! I agree with JohnJ.... stigmaria. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Yes fossil plant root stigmaria, not coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I missed that...JohnJ is right about Stigmaria. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Fot those of us who like the classics: SStestugamj A slightly yellower version of the illustration in the previous post is in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whe36152 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 How rare is this piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 some of you might like this classic : Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 9 minutes ago, whe36152 said: How rare is this piece? I'm not a plant specialist, but I would imagine it would depend on the location. However, in general, I think they are fairly common. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 2 hours ago, JohnJ said: I'm not a plant specialist, but I would imagine it would depend on the location. However, in general, I think they are fairly common. Agreed. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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