S423 - Rare Agatized Fossil Cycadophyte Seed Cone - Late Eocene from Occidental Sahara - (signs of insect predation) UK Trilobites 2g Fragment

2g Fragment

Phacopidina micheli micheli

Location: Denizli Basin

Proetus fardenensis

S423 - Rare Agatized Fossil Cycadophyte Seed Cone - Late Eocene from Occidental Sahara - (signs of insect predation) UK Trilobites 2g FragmentThese seed cones found in the Western Sahara (Moroccan territory) are a bit of a mystery and have not yet been described. They are often labeled is "pine cones" and there has also been speculation that they might be aggregate fruits or horsetail seed pods. But, most likely these silica replaced (agatized silicified) fossils are the seed pods of Cycadophytes. These fossil cones often bear the signs of insect predation, being partially eaten. Unusual