Salvageon Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Out in the rocks today I dug this up. Is it a flower?
Plantguy Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Interesting find... Hmm, kind of looks like it might be something planty, maybe a flower/cone, particularly with the arrangement and the carbonaceous looking bracts around the outside edge. Where is it from? Any chance you know what age rocks it came from? That looks like a pretty clean surface for being dug up recently....was there another half to it? I'm having troubles seeing the fiine details...could be its me and its late and past my bedtime!...any sharper images? Thanks for showing us...maybe someone more familiar with cones/flowers will also chime in.... Regards, Chris
DPS Ammonite Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 What location and formation is it from? What are the associate fossils- plants, shells? My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere.
Rob Russell Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Paracrinoid? Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time.
Salvageon Posted March 14, 2015 Author Posted March 14, 2015 It's from near Roundup, MT. It was in a hard easily broken shale layer under soft sandstone. Lots of leaves in the area. I also collected what looks like a seed pod or small cone on a stem near it.
Auspex Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Sounds like they are from the Paleocene Fort Union Formation: LINK 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
Auspex Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Similar? LINK "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
Salvageon Posted March 14, 2015 Author Posted March 14, 2015 Yes very. I have found several but that one is the most photogenic. Lots of leaves around it but most are shattered.
jpc Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 From the Paleocene near Roundup... my first inclination is a metasequioa cone, seen in cros section. Nice find.
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