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Carboniferous millipede?


Strepsodus

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I found this in a coal mining tip in South Yorkshire (UK).  It is upper Carboniferous aged.  Can anyone identify it please?  The only possibility I can think of is millipede.  It measures around 1 inch.

Thanks,

Daniel

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47 minutes ago, Strepsodus said:

 

I found this in a coal mining tip in South Yorkshire (UK).  It is upper Carboniferous aged.  Can anyone identify it please?  The only possibility I can think of is millipede.  It measures around 1 inch.

Thanks,

Daniel

 

You have imprints of the tips of fern leaves that I curled in black. I see probable grid like plant imprints in the area circled in red. I suspect that the whole wavy lighter orange red area is a poorly preserved plant impression and not a millipede. 

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15 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said:

You have imprints of the tips of fern leaves that I curled in black. I see probable plant imprints in the area circled in red. I suspect that the whole wavy lighter orange red area is a poorly preserved plant impression and not a millipede. 

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Thanks for the reply.  Plants are very abundant at the site where I found this so there is a strong possibility that it is plant.

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