Rockaholic Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 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. 2 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...
fifbrindacier Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I've brightned them a little. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaholic Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaholic Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 classicpiece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Posting this.ALTHOUGH itisinspanish some taxonomic implications .. genus: Notorhacopteris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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