Daniel Frew Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Found in a field in northwest Arkansas. Said they have come across a few of them in the area. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Interesting Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 What size is it? Can We see other views? I think it is a stromatolite, but more pictures may change that opinion. 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...
Herb Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 looks something like a different kind of cone-in-cone pressure structure "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Frew Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 They said it was `12" across and ~2" thick. Looks the same on both sides. 2" thick around the edge and thicker in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) From the side view it looks like a concretion with shale adhered to it. (BUT IT IS NOT {see Piranha's post below.}) Sometimes shale / slate can develop this type of lens, that is harder than the surrounding rock. Could have a fossil inside, but may not. Edited November 28, 2017 by ynot Because I missed the id 1 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Yes, looks like a shale nodule to me. Boudinage or something like it perhaps causes this ? 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 19 hours ago, GeschWhat said: Interesting What are you waiting around for? You’re supposed to say “that’s petrified cow poop.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 The UO paleobotanist responded: This appears to be a permineralized cycad, probably Eocene. It is a stunning and very significant specimen, probably a new genus and species. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 6 minutes ago, piranha said: The UO paleobotanist responded: This appears to be a permineralized cycad, probably Eocene. It is a stunning and very significant specimen, probably a new genus and species. Never would have thunk it. 20 hours ago, Daniel Frew said: Found in a field in northwest Arkansas. Said they have come across a few of them in the area. You should take one to a local paleontologist (museum or university). 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...
piranha Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, ynot said: ...You should take one to a local paleontologist (museum or university). Contact info sent via PM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 This is a Bennettitales (cycadeoid) squashed by later compression, for comparison, from the Sedgwick Museum's collection. Note the reproductive structures embedded amongst the leaf bases. A "pineapple-like" set of leaves would have emerged from the top. images from here " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Frew Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Thanks everyone! Passed the information on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 7 hours ago, Sagebrush Steve said: What are you waiting around for? You’re supposed to say “that’s petrified cow poop.” Didn't look like poop - just really, really interesting! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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