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"digging" around in some micro matrix from the Wellington fm out of Jackson Co, Oklahoma (Permian age) & found this. Not sure if it's a shell, seed or alien life form. The shell or life form is what I'm hoping (they'll be keepers).. the seed.. probably not so much. Found all sorts of Xenacanthus shark teeth bits along with a few tiny whole ones. But this thing is different. It was sticking out of a bit of matrix that I had to break apart, so I'm hoping it's old & not just some fluke. Only 3 mm in size (ruler marks are in mm), it seems pretty ornamental. Anyhoo, without further delay, the pics.

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I believe this to be a lifeform. It seems to be a Pac- man embyo.:D

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They look more like seeds...similar to Reseda or Portulaca.

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I don't think it is a foraminifera, but I don't know what it is. But it is very cool looking :trilosurprise:

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I think John nailed this. 

 

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10 hours ago, JohnJ said:

They look more like seeds...similar to Reseda or Portulaca.

Going by this, these are the closest match, but still not quite. Reseda phyteuma

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