mikecable Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Wilson's Clay pit. Brown County Texas. Harpersville fm. Been told plant. Seed fern? Pteridospermophyta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecable Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Preservation is very silicified/agatized. Hematitic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Is it possible that the 'wad of gum' wrapping the end is geological? An iron/sandstone accretion? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thair Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I agree with auspex that the wad is iron accretion but the rest is cast of plant stem I believe. I remember when this was found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 It reminds me of "sand spikes". picture from here picture 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...
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