Tiny plant, corral, or?

[hndmarshall]

found this looks like corral or a plant? or perhaps something else? also included magnified photos of item.

[Kane]

Could be a bryozoan or a coral, but maybe invest in a ruler to show scale for those who are not from the US.  

[rocket]

looks like a bryozoan colony to me, nice

Stone seems to be chert?

Edited May 11, 2023 by rocket

[Rockwood]

It does look a lot like the sectioning of a bryozoan colony that I tried to call an ophiuroid a while back. 

[doushantuo]

Only the truly great admit their errors

[BobWill]

Have we established an age? I don't think the Brazos River passes through anything old enough for graptolites but that's what it looks like to me.

[Tidgy's Dad]

20 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

Only the truly great admit their errors

No, they don't! 

[Al Dente]

My first guess would be bryozoan but there have been plant fossils found in chert before, including in Texas- http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57122-fantastic-fern-fossil-in-flint/

[rocket]

33 minutes ago, Al Dente said:

My first guess would be bryozoan but there have been plant fossils found in chert before, including in Texas- http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57122-fantastic-fern-fossil-in-flint/

wow, incredible, never heard about a plant fossil in chert, thanks a lot for the link 

[FossilDAWG]

1 hour ago, Al Dente said:

My first guess would be bryozoan but there have been plant fossils found in chert before, including in Texas- http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57122-fantastic-fern-fossil-in-flint/

Thanks for finding that thread.  I was thinking of that but I haven't has the time to look for it.  I think the fossils may be a conifer, especially something cedar-ish.

 

I hope no-one takes offense, but whenever I see coral spelled corral (an easy mistake to make) I want to say "I don't think that's right, I don't see any tiny horses".

 

Don

[marguy]

it reminds me of Glenrosa , a conifer found in flints from Charente Maritime [France] (with Genitzia and Frenelopsis)

an accessible publication,   https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/925.pdf 

other ones  are accessible with paywall (author: Didier Néraudeau and al)

Edited May 11, 2023 by marguy
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