joser Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Could the attached photo be a fossil. It was found underground by a trenching crew near Clayton, OK. Seen it on a desk as a paper weight, curiosity is killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Welcome to TFF! Yes it could be a fossil. If You can provide pictures of the whole piece and several angles (back and sides) it would help to say what type of fossil. 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 October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 My first impression is stigmaria-type fossil root.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, westcoast said: My first impression is stigmaria-type fossil root.. I agree with that with this picture. “...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...
Ludwigia Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 6 hours ago, westcoast said: My first impression is stigmaria-type fossil root.. +1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joser Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 This is from the Sam Noble Museum in Norman, OK. Quote Hi Jose, You have found a fossil of a plant root from the Pennsylvanian period (~320 million years old) called Stigmaria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmaria). These are fairly common in eastern Oklahoma near where coal occurs. More information can be found at: http://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/common-fossils-of-oklahoma/plant-fossils/fossils-by-plant-group/fossil-lycophytes/ Roger Pretty common but still amazing to me. Now, if I can only find more. Is this a birth of a hobby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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