Carboniferous Fossil Flora

[Rockaholic]

 

Here are a couple of small nodules that I photographed last weekend.Even after observing the photos I’m still stumped.They were  found near Terre Haute Indiana.They were collected from the Busseron Sandstone Member of the Shelburn Formation, in shales above the coal seams of the Dugger Formation and are dated from the Middle Pennsylvanian, which correlates with the Westphalian D.

 

The first one looks a little sphenophyllumish.

 

The second may be an isolated sporangium from a cone bract,a seed or maybe just a pyrite deposit

 

Just thought I’d let the collective brain of the Fossil Forum have a look.Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[Fossildude19]

More cool finds! 

You do pretty well for yourself there. 

 

First one to me looks like Rhacophyllum sp.?  

I think you may be correct on the second one. 

Maybe Jack @fiddlehead  or Rob @RCFossils  or Tim @paleoflor can have a look-see. 

Thanks for posting these lovely things.

[fifbrindacier]

I've brightned them a little.

[Rockaholic]

20 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

More cool finds! 

You do pretty well for yourself there. 

 

First one to me looks like Rhacophyllum sp.?  

I think you may be correct on the second one. 

Maybe Jack @fiddlehead  or Rob @RCFossils  or Tim @paleoflor can have a look-see. 

Thanks for posting these lovely things.

 

I thought about Rhacophyllum sp. as a safety ID but since there was really no rachis and only a small amount of foliage  I was reluctant to name it.Nice job on  Rob’s Thylacocephala by the way.Your references really helped to visualize a very unusual fossil.

[Rockaholic]

13 hours ago, fifbrindacier said:

I've brightned them a little.

Thanks.My photos always seem to look darker when I post them.I need to try to remember to lighten them before posting.

[doushantuo]

classicpiece

[doushantuo]

Posting this.ALTHOUGH itisinspanish

some taxonomic implications ..

genus: Notorhacopteris