New Members Yaezir Posted July 18 New Members Share Posted July 18 Hello everyone, I'd like some help identifying this leaf fossil. The dimensions of the rock seen in the attached image are approximately 7x9 cms (width x height). It was bought in Greece, but it could be from anywhere around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch1979 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Could you make a picture in daylight? A bit sharper then this one please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Yaezir Posted July 18 Author New Members Share Posted July 18 10 minutes ago, Fitch1979 said: Could you make a picture in daylight? A bit sharper then this one please It is nighttime here so I'll send some in the morning. Meanwhile, I took some better photos, maybe they'll be enough. The second one is edited to highlight the fossil as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Yaezir Posted July 19 Author New Members Share Posted July 19 And here's a picture in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Too bad you don't have any information on the provenance, since the preservation isn't the best. But maybe @Plantguy or @paleoflor have an idea. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch1979 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 6 hours ago, Yaezir said: And here's a picture in the sun. I was unsure to see a lanceolate rather than a hastate leaf. But clearly lanceolate leaf. Thing is, there are not many trees with lanceolate and serrated leafs. But still, too many options. Morella cerifara or some willow species come to mind... but there are over a dozen others. And then.. it looks more of a leaf of some species of shrub to me actually. Even more options. Hungary (matrix looks similar) and Slovakia have some well documented and commercial leaf fossils. And are not too far from Greece.. but there are more places in the Balkan. Edited July 19 by Fitch1979 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Interesting acquisition. I'm unfortunately not good enough to offer/figure out that one with that level of preservation and missing the age and country/location. Maybe an oak or something similar? Quercus? Maybe Tim or perhaps Thomas and Scott have run across something similar they recognize. @piranha, @oilshale Here's a possible start to dig into if its from Greece and Cenozoic.. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology Volume 204, May 2014, Pages 56-117 Review of Cenozoic floras and vegetation of Greece Dimitrio Velitzelos, Johannes M. Bouchal, Thomas Denk https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034666714000207 I blew up my harddrive recently and dont have full adobe acrobat anymore so I cant download it but it was viewable.. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Sorry, I don't recognize the matrix or the leaf type. Maybe something like Fraxinus, Salix...there are just too many possibilities. 1 Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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