Are these wood fossils?

[-Andy-]

Hi all, I am at Malaysia right now, at a fossil-bearing site.

 

Are these wood fossils?

 

- Andy

[Rockwood]

I don't think it is wood.

More evidence could change that though. A pile up of huge logs is not out of the question.

[lexandc]

On 9/1/2019 at 11:14 PM, -Andy- said:

Hi all, I am at Malaysia right now, at a fossil-bearing site.

There are fossil-bearing sites in Malaysia? I live in Malaysia and I didnt even know!

 

May i know how old is it? And what formation?

[-Andy-]

On 03/10/2019 at 4:23 PM, lexandc said:

There are fossil-bearing sites in Malaysia? I live in Malaysia and I didnt even know!

 

May i know how old is it? And what formation?

 

It's to the east of Kota Tinggi. The age is Carboniferous

[Creek - Don]

Volcanic lava rock? 

[Rockwood]

"argillaceous rocks are commonly carbonaceous."

The look seems right to me. Diffuse remnants of plant material influencing the appearance of the rocks is as close to wood as I can make of the evidence. 

[DPS Ammonite]

These look like contorted metamorphic rocks. Note a contorted vein in photo that probably was once straight. 

 

I see folds too. 

 

The layering is just too irregular for wood.

 

In the rock description, the first two types (presumably the most common) of rocks are metamorphic: phyllite and slate.

[-Andy-]

On 01/09/2019 at 11:25 PM, Rockwood said:

I don't think it is wood.

More evidence could change that though. A pile up of huge logs is not out of the question.

 

This was a piece I picked up from the site. I showed it to a museum staff who said it was fossilized wood but he admitted he isn't a specialist in wood fossils. What are your thoughts on this?

 

@ynot You know a lot about fossil wood. May I have your thoughts on this piece?

[Rockwood]

The new evidence has me nearly convinced that it is not wood. It is just more consistent with sedimentary structure.

[ynot]

4 hours ago, -Andy- said:

May I have your thoughts on this piece?

I can see what may be annual rings in Your piece.. Take a look under magnification to see if there is any cellular structures.

I have seen some schists that look very much like wood and wood that looks a lot like schist - this could be either.

The pieces shown in the first set of pictures look more like schist than wood, except for 5 and 6 which look more like wood.

[Rockwood]

19 minutes ago, ynot said:

5 and 6 which look more like wood.

I wonder if there is a subliminal message in these views ?