Jack_Dino_Freak Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Does anyone know what species of plant this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Where was it found? State and county would be a good start. Brightened and cropped your picture a bit. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Dino_Freak Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 central Oklahoma Where was it found? State and county would be a good start. Brightened and cropped your picture a bit. post-21791-0-03871300-1466694159.jpg central Oklahoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Size of the specimen? Central Oklahoma appears to be largely Permian aged bedrock. It seems to resemble these images of Gigantopterids. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Dino_Freak Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 6 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) From wiki on gigantopterid: "They grew at least over 20 cm (around 10 in), probably over 50 cm (20 in) tall, depending on whether it grew as a scrambling vine (the initial assumption) or erect (nowadays considered more likely)." Edit: This assumes a fern-like specimen where the leaf size is the same as the plant size. May not apply to the poster's fossil. Edited June 23, 2016 by CraigHyatt Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) nice piece in the CLAMP vein(pun sort of intended,i suppose): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248289979_Foliar_physiognomy_in_Cathaysian_gigantopterids_and_the_potential_to_track_Palaeozoic_climates_using_an_extinct_plant_group Gigantonoclea ecology: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259992279_Hooked_Habits_of_the_Chinese_Permian_gigantopterid_Gigantonoclea Edited June 23, 2016 by doushantuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Dino_Freak Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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