hndmarshall Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 found this on gravel road it was from a gravel load from the Brazos river west of Houston Texas at first look I was thinking pet wood but under the microscopic camera the cell structure is a bit odd so was wondering if it may be bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 The arrangement of the elements looks more plant like to me, but I don't claim to know anything about it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Looks like palm wood. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I'd say that's an awesome camera. Sorry, cant offer much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Definitely not palm fiber - units too numerous and organized. Doesn't really look like any wood I've seen - the pattern is wrong. Doesn't look like bone, either - too orderly. I'm thinking a colonial marine invertebrate, possibly a bryozoan or maybe even a coral, but it seems a bit small for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Paleontologist Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I'd call it plant material, but not wood. I don't see any of the regular pattern or structures such as rays, vessels, or resin ducts that we would expect to see in true wood (secondary xylem). The thickened corners of the cell walls and elongate cell structure make me think that they were collenchyma tissue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Maybe a chaetetid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Not too bad a call,Al,on purely morphological grounds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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