icycatelf Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Me again. I found another specimen on one of my usual walks. This distinct pattern has to be a fossil... right? It measures 5.5cm wide. Side 1 Side 2 Close-up of texture (ignore the random cat hair ^^') UPDATE: Found some more stuff today while down by the creek. I'm thinking the first (which measures 3.25cm wide) may be some type of coral. The second (about 3.15cm wide) might be an Artisia fossil, but I'm not sure. Any help? Edited October 19, 2015 by icycatelf Casual surface-collector and Pokémon fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I don't know what it is...the polygons are too randomly shaped for coral, IMO. "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycatelf Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 I don't know what it is...the polygons are too randomly shaped for coral, IMO. Maybe it's warped coral? lol Or not. Hopefully someone else can help me ID it. Thanks for checking it out. Casual surface-collector and Pokémon fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 From the location and what the matrix looks like, I am going with Lepidodendron, a Pennsylvanian tree root. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycatelf Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 From the location and what the matrix looks like, I am going with Lepidodendron, a Pennsylvanian tree root. Might be, though the pattern on mine looks more like pentagons and are clustered. Most of the Lepidodendron root images I'm seeing have a more diamond-like or rounded pattern with regular spacing. Casual surface-collector and Pokémon fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 It looks so much like this piece that I found in my local Upper Cretaceous. Not confident that it is the same, though, but the resemblance struck me. I can't find the original thread that I put this in and people commented on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 The resemblance is evident. I have a thought. Is possible to know a geological age for the specimen in question? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycatelf Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) It looks so much like this piece that I found in my local Upper Cretaceous. Not confident that it is the same, though, but the resemblance struck me. I can't find the original thread that I put this in and people commented on it. DSC_0036 shr.jpg It's possible. I do see some resemblance. The resemblance is evident. I have a thought. Is possible to know a geological age for the specimen in question? I'm not certain of the exact age, though it's probably from the Pennsylvanian period (roughly 300 million years). Assuming it wasn't transported from elsewhere, anyway. Edited October 18, 2015 by icycatelf Casual surface-collector and Pokémon fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycatelf Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Added more stuff to the first post! Casual surface-collector and Pokémon fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Maybe Howard is right ,and is a flattened outer cortex of Stigmaria ficoides with the root scars visible,somehow arranged in spiral rows. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycatelf Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Maybe Howard is right ,and is a flattened outer cortex of Stigmaria ficoides with the root scars visible,somehow arranged in spiral rows. Who knows? All I know is that it doesn't quite look like any pictures I've seen of 'em. Casual surface-collector and Pokémon fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I suspect the age of this material is Pennsylvanian in age, as stated Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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