I joined the forum about 1 1/2 months ago and have been posting in the artifacts forum. This was found in association with alot of artifacts. I figure the natives found it interesting and brought it back to camp. Is this a snake fossil? It was found in Southwest PA in a drainage to the Ohio River.
Snake Fossil?
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Looks like a piece of cycad tree trunk
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Nice fossil.
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SnakemanBill said:
Knowing next to nothing about ancient flora / fauna, my first impression was of the bark on a palm tree.
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Thanks for your responses. The natives may have thought snake like me . I was told by a friend that it may be palm bark. I researched that cycad can be misclassified as a palm. Your knowledge is much appreciated. I will try to post pics of what I think is a fossilized tooth.
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SnakemanBill said:
Probably not cycad. They were restricted to the southern continents, then(if they had even evolved by then).
By "then", I refer to the Late Paleozoic.
More likely a lycopsid, but something still doesn't look right. I have seen that before, but I can't place it
