Swelding Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Welcome to TFF! We need location and size information. 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...
Rockwood Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Oh come on Tony loosen up and guess Lepidophloios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 1 minute ago, Rockwood said: Oh come on Tony loosen up and guess Lepidophloios. I have very little knowledge on plant fossils. Just trying to get the proper information for those that do have plant smarts. 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...
Rockwood Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Just for the record; I'm not a plant expert either. Just an opinionated old codger who thinks if you need to know where it came from you don't know what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swelding Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Size you can tell by hands in picture, found in southeast iowa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, Swelding said: Size you can tell by hands in picture, found in southeast iowa Human hands very quit a bit in size and do not make a good scale reference. Please use a ruler for scale. Thank You. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 6 minutes ago, Swelding said: Size you can tell by hands in picture, found in southeast iowa How am I too know if you are extremely large or small handed individual? i agree with @Rockwood “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Like there would be only one size of the pattern in the periderm ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Like there would be only one size of the pattern in the periderm ? You are right, I am being a little to nitpicky about scale. My bad. 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...
Rockwood Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 To be fair this information is quite necessary to identify things at the species level. Something that I rarely care about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Swelding said: By the way-- nice fossil! 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...
Fossildude19 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. Hands are a poor measuring tool, but sometimes we work with what we have. Looks like a decent piece of Lepidodendron sp. bark. 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...
Rockwood Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 43 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Looks like a decent piece of Lepidodendron sp. bark. Wouldn't those be taller than they are wide ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 3 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: How am I too know if you are extremely large or small handed individual? i agree with @Rockwood Here you go (see attached). As for the fossil I second @Rockwood albeit this does look like an impression rather than the actual fossil. Still a neat find. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Fossil-Hound said: actual fossil. impressions are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 46 minutes ago, Rockwood said: impressions are Alright so technically speaking it is a trace fossil but not the actual organism that once upon a time lived. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 No. Technically speaking it is an external mold fossil. Trace fossil are the result of the activity of a life form, not the existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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