Rockpit Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I found one half of a worn open nodule with asterisk-like grooves crossing the surface. This is a cleaned up version. Is it a fossil or just strange weathering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Looks like it may be the imprint of a Sphenopsid like Annularia. 2 CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, coled18 said: Looks like it may be the imprint of a Sphenopsid like Annularia. +1 for that. “...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...
KimTexan Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Looks a bit like this example below. Here is the link it's from http://paleobiology.si.edu/mazoncreek/mazonSphenopsida.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockpit Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 Thanks everyone. @KimTexan, you better charge your phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Yes, it is a weathered Annularia. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittle Star Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Now my mouth is watering, did I mention I love plant fossils. Never ask a starfish for directions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockpit Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Thanks everyone, @KimTexan and @Nimravis cool pictures! I think I may have opened a couple of more Annularia. Unfortunately, the small part of the first one cracked off when I was freezing and thawing it and the other part did not totally break off with the hammer. I have to be more patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Yes to Annularia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 some original Zeiller showing Annularia Source/title of the work(transl.): Mineral deposits of Brive: the flora of the coal-bearing strata and the Permian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 On 10/19/2017 at 11:03 PM, Nimravis said: Yes, it is a weathered Annularia. Wow! Those are gorgeous! I have fossil envy! I'm not sure I've had that before. Maybe over an ammonite or two, but I never went dreamy eyed over a fossil before. I am also a lover of plant fossils. Botany is one of my things. There was a time I could have told you the scenitific name of nearly every plant in the Hawaiian Islands. I did my field natural history study there. That's how much I love plants and botany. In my neck of the woods there are next to no plant fossils like that, at least none that I've found. Boy would I love to have some time hunting where you found those. They're absolutely beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 52 minutes ago, KimTexan said: Wow! Those are gorgeous! I have fossil envy! I'm not sure I've had that before. Maybe over an ammonite or two, but I never went dreamy eyed over a fossil before. I am also a lover of plant fossils. Botany is one of my things. There was a time I could have told you the scenitific name of nearly every plant in the Hawaiian Islands. I did my field natural history study there. That's how much I love plants and botany. In my neck of the woods there are next to no plant fossils like that, at least none that I've found. Boy would I love to have some time hunting where you found those. They're absolutely beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing them! Glad you like them Kim, Mazon Creek produces some pretty plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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