Fossil Leaf

[vincentB]

Hi Forum Members

Does someone recognise this fossil leaf?

The matrix is very a light stone

Donot have any information about the location

Vincent

 

 

 

 

 

[Kane]

Topic moved to Fossil ID

[Danielb]

It could be but the picture is too blurry and dark. Can you take more pictures in better lighting?

[vincentB]

Hope this will help.

[Danielb]

It does look like plant material but without location you won’t get much farther than that.

[vincentB]

I think the matrix is browncoal , so the most likely location for me is Germany. 

[Fossildude19]

Cropped and brightened:

 

 

[vincentB]

Thanks. Much more details are shown now.

[Mediospirifer]

If this was a modern leaf fragment from my area, I'd guess some species of poplar or aspen. 

 

What we can say (although I'm not an expert at plant fossils, so I could be wrong) is that this looks like a broadleaf tree leaf, in the angiosperm branch of the plant kingdom. Angiosperms (aka flowering plants) first appeared in the Cretaceous. So that should narrow the timeframe down to the last 100 million years.

 

Good luck!

 

[vincentB]

Thanks for the suggestion. Nice to read the following paper

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01387-8

[Mediospirifer]

Looks interesting! I'll enjoy reading it when I have time.