Incredible Seed Pod From Carboniferous Southern WV

[ethnfreeman]

I discovered this in a creek in Mud River West Virginia I have seen thousands of pods but nothing like this any idea what plant it came from?

[ethnfreeman]

top view

[ethnfreeman]

Side shot

[Heteromorph]

It just looks like a concretion to me. 

[izak_]

Sorry but I agree, looks like a concretion. 

[ethnfreeman]

wouldnt that be more rounded and river rock looking 

 

Edited July 28, 2018 by ethnfreeman
adding pic

[ethnfreeman]

this is the other half of it

[izak_]

6 minutes ago, ethnfreeman said:

wouldnt that be more rounded and river rock looking 

 

Not necessarily, concretions can form in many different shapes  

[ethnfreeman]

yea i guess i can see that now that you mention it 

 

[karahbell]

I know nothing... haha

but looks like it has silica formations?

[ynot]

I agree with a concretion.

[Ludwigia]

Maybe you should have a closer look at your thousand other ones

[ethnfreeman]

they are there im right above a coal seam in a sandstone 

7 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Maybe you should have a closer look at your thousand other ones

There are tons of fossils here from ferns the whole area it would have turned to coal if it wasnt for the the sand

[ethnfreeman]

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[ethnfreeman]

So i guess this is a concretion too right

[Ludwigia]

4 hours ago, ethnfreeman said:

So i guess this is a concretion too right

Pic's a bit too small to tell. Is that a pod? The other ones aren't.

[Kane]

5 hours ago, ethnfreeman said:

Hey, I remember this one!  

 

 

[abyssunder]

I thought I have seen that somewhere before, now I Know... Thank's Kane!

It's really hard to find a perfect match, but I think the following one might be appropriate to the specimen in question (the first one), so I'll go with 'ironstone' concretion.

 

comparative picture from here

 

 

 

[ethnfreeman]

theres alot of iron around here