Kgbow Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Ok, so we searched and searched today. We FINALLY found a roadside shale bank, saw a few ferns and Cordiates (I’m learning) So we pulled this piece, split it and got a beauty of a fern. Then.... this fell out. It looks like a bone?!?! But I’m fully prepared to accept it’s a branch. Let us know..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Stem / trunk, I think. Maybe a cordaitales or giant horsetail? Nice find. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 This is definitely plant, and not bone. The carbonization present indicates this to be the case. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kgbow Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wow! So we actually got the whole branch? So we have cordaitales or a giant horsetail? How old? How should we go about cleaning and preserving? Could I Elmers and water it? Want to display it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Nice find, decent size piece. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Kgbow said: a giant horsetail? Personally, I would scratch this one from the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 It looks plant material to me too. Nice piece! " 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...
Fossildude19 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 All of your finds are going to be from the Carboniferous period, ... either Pennsylvanian or Mississippian in age - so from 358 mya to around 299 mya. It all depends where things were found, and which age is outcropping there. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 beautiful piece, I too would scratch Horsetail from the list....I think they are generally more rounded, and even if compressed, I think you'd see more of a demarcation line running down the middle where the piece was compressed. There is that little indentation on one side, but it doesn't show up down the whole piece....I'll be interested in finding out what others think about the kind of plant material it is...really cool piece. congratulations. Is it flaking apart...is that why you want to use elmers and water on it. I know some people do that, but personally, if it is hard and not falling apart I wouldn't do that. I use bitvar on the flaking bones I have, but the fossilized mangrove stems I have are hard enough by themselves to not use any material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Do you suppose it could be the very base of what further up would be recognizable as artesia ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Example Pardon the glare. It's under glass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kgbow Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 So you guys think it may be a stem from a Cordiate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Kgbow said: So you guys think it may be a stem from a Cordiate? I'm fairly confident it is the preserved (although flattened) pith cavity from the center of the trunk. Perhaps @paleoflor is around to give us a more learned opinion ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kgbow Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Ohhh, well, thank you! It’s a pretty cool piece. It literally fell out of a roadside bank. No digging no nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Don't know if the specimen below was correctly labeled as Lonchopteris stem, but I see some similarities with the specimen in question. " 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...
Rockwood Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Possibly. The sheath doesn't seem as substantial as that in the post though. Given the nature of the distortion my sense is that a collapsed pith is a better fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 43 minutes ago, abyssunder said: Lonchopteris stem Disregarding this particular example, it is easy to imagine this being a normal cross section for a fern in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I totally agree with you instances, Dale. Not being qualified in the field of this particular domain, I can't gain any substantial prove to what the specimen in question might be. I'm just guessing like you did. The collapsed fact is true. 1 " 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...
Kato Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Hi, is there any chance you would give it a bit of wash and submit additional photos. Perhaps one with a close up of a textured surface as well? I'd love to see some better detail. Thank you, Kato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kgbow Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Kato said: Hi, is there any chance you would give it a bit of wash and submit additional photos. Perhaps one with a close up of a textured surface as well? I'd love to see some better detail. Thank you, Kato No worries, will put some online tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Definitely a stem of some sort. Did you also collect the external mould by any chance? This might show more diagnostic features. Without it will be difficult to identify this further with confidence. 3 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 6 hours ago, paleoflor said: Definitely a stem of some sort. Did you also collect the external mould by any chance? This might show more diagnostic features. Without it will be difficult to identify this further with confidence. Yep Tim, this area looks a little suspicious to me...diamond like outline of leaf scars? or just some random suggestive fractures... Would love to see what detail is going on in the mold as well and more sharp/clear photos. Very cool find!! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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