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All, I occasionally find these small fossils in the Topeka Limestone that look like a branched type of rhombophora. I have attached a plate from the guidebook that shows it may be a penniretepora or a acanthocladia but I am not sure. The fossil in question is about .5" long. Sorry for the bad photos. I couldn't get my focus right. I just love Topeka and Americus limestone though! I think you could stare a piece for hours and never notice every detail. I've always wondered if the sea just had that much life in it then or if the remains just collected more in this area for some reason.
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I collected this a couple years back, from the Topeka Limestone in Elk Co. Kansas, and it was identified as Archimedes. Is that correct? it doesn't look quite right to me (in fact, I think it looks more like Penniretepora, but I could be wrong). The specimen is 18 mm long. I apologize for using the penny for scale, the picture was taken before I started using a ruler as the scale in my fossil pictures, and my camera is having problems right now.