Shane5150 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Found two leaves, and a possible I do not know on the lower right(pictured). Recent finds have been from the Eocene. When I split this stone, it chipped off a piece. At first, I was dissappointed. Looking at it now, it looks great. Could it be a flower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I really have no idea if its a flower or not, but that is one amazing looking piece. I wish I found find stuff like that around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepinthemud Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 it looks to me like a giant-fuzzy-winged-anteater-mosquito.... One nice find, certainly! "To do is to be." -Socrates "People are Stupid." -Wizard's First Rule "Happiness is a warm Jeep." -Auspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 It can be hard from a photograph, but I don't get the sense of symmetry I associate with flowers on this one, though it could be a fruiting body. I have found a wonderful website, linked from the Stonerose Interpretive Center (another famous Eocene site), called PaleoCollaborator; it has excellent IDed photos of what you might expect to find in your back yard dig. Here's the link: http://web.burke.washington.edu/Republic/menu.php Note that there are at least three species of leaves on the pictured plate besides the "flower". Even when they're incomplete, sometimes the pattern of venation is enough to ID them. This is exciting; I wish I were there! "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...
Shane5150 Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 It can be hard from a photograph, but I don't get the sense of symmetry I associate with flowers on this one, though it could be a fruiting body.I have found a wonderful website, linked from the Stonerose Interpretive Center (another famous Eocene site), called PaleoCollaborator; it has excellent IDed photos of what you might expect to find in your back yard dig. Here's the link: http://web.burke.washington.edu/Republic/menu.php Note that there are at least three species of leaves on the pictured plate besides the "flower". Even when they're incomplete, sometimes the pattern of venation is enough to ID them. This is exciting; I wish I were there! Wow, Auspex. That is a great site. I tried the last link you gave, but this is excellent. Thanks a bunch. Very helpful. I still have the piece that chipped off. It is quite bulbous. Perhaps you are not far off then with the fruiting theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Yeah, looks like a fruit of some sort to me too.... like a beech tree thingy. Sorry for the technical speech there. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Shane5150.... Very nice, i'd say its part of the vegitation for certain.... Keep digging, you might find one attached to a stem and a leaf to give it some context..... .... You never know whats in the next slab..... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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