cngodles Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I was reading one of my textbooks and specifically a chapter about the Carboniferous. There was a photo of seeds next to ferns and I was surprised about how large they were compared to common fern leaves. Then I remembered when peeling up shale/slate in the local stream, I found a rock with several oval pebbles. I thought maybe these were rocks or concretions. After seeing the photo, are some of these perhaps seeds? They also have a line that seems to split them laterally. Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngodles Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cngodles Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 These have been sitting out of the water for a month or so now, so they are starting to fracture. Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 These look like concretions, to me. I find similar ones in my area. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
ynot Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I agree with concretions. There is to much variance in size for seeds from one plant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I think they’re concretions too. They look similar to what I find at a local Carboniferous area. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I'm not too sure on the concretion. They do very closely resemble Triganocarpus. I would sure love to see a detailed photo of the "lateral line". There is a great deal of variation in size of seeds from the Carboniferous. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cngodles Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Here is one from Wikipedia of Trigonocarpus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trigonocarpus.jpg Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thank you for the additional photos. However they do confirm the concretion ID. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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