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older the better Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 sorry not sure how to resize pics so I'm doing one at a time, looks like its coal... or asphalt, but its got a wood texture but as you can see in the first pic its checkered with some kind of fibrous material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older the better Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 I found these on a gravel bar on the Neosho river in se Kansas, the surface rocks in my area are Pennsylvanian age and I mention asphalt because there is a bridge just up river but I think they are true fossils of some sort. you can see what looks like gastropods attached to the wood like material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 It looks like a type of Carboniferous flora fossil (possibly Lepidodendron), but the texture is a bit strange and not as symmetrical as these usually are. It's most likely just very eroded. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older the better Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 a few more maybe they can help a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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piranha Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 In 2010 @docdutronc posted a similar specimen from my collection of Megaphyton sp. on the Carboniferous Flora Forum of France. "...a tree fern trunk from Braxton County, West Virginia, this trunk has two rows of diametrically opposite petiolar leaf scars framed by adventitious roots, the trunk is preserved in compression and very depressed, but this fern kept the typical scars. The genus Megaphyton has a wide distribution across the Euramerican continent during the Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Nice specimens. The attached gastropod-like things are Spirorbis (or microconchids, which is the newer identification of these little shells). The freshness of the pieces indicates that a source outcrop may not be too far upstream. It would be worth checking out. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Megaphyton is a leaf scar form genus,and as such is of doubtful taxonomic value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older the better Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 cool thanks guys, I think you guys got it and I'm happy I didn't drag home 50 lbs of weathered shale or weird debris from the bridge construction just upstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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