westcoast Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 This should be an easy one for the plant people here. I'm looking for some suggested id's for this Pennsylvanian/Bashkirian/Namurian plant fragment. Length is 10cm or 4 inches. I find lots of fragments of these which I usually ignore but haven't seen the bifurcating pattern in the lower part of the picture before. I hope that will make id easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 5 hours ago, westcoast said: I find lots of fragments of these which I usually ignore but haven't seen the bifurcating pattern in the lower part of the picture before. In my opinion you still haven't. Can you actually point to where the vascular strands bifurcate ? It looks like two cordiates leaves to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 This is the area I mean. I don't see any edges that would suggest overlapping leaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I'm not too familiar with fossil plants, but I'm wondering if can't be something like Ginkgophytopsis or similar. Take a look to the pictures from here . 2 " 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 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Ginkgophytopsis is a possibility that I was unaware of. I still can't make out any vascular strands that seem to actually bifurcate though. Everything to the left of this line sweeps to the left. The same to the right, but none seem to clearly meet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Thanks guys. Gingkophytopsis is a new one for me, I'll do a little research in that area. Maybe @paleoflor might comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Meantime I made a pdf for the mentioned plant material, considering it might be good for further reference. 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Cyclopteris dilatata? or sp. dilatata is large enough and so are a couple of others. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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