Peat Burns Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Is this a rugose coral? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Wow! Not like any I have ever seen, but that doesn't mean a whole lot I suppose. What about it says coral, I cant really tell from the picture? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Rugose on Jenny Craig? You might do your request a favor and give us some additional pics from different angles. It is difficult to really see what you have from an edge shot like that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Sorry (not sorry), it's a bad attempt at an April Fools Day joke. But no fooling you guys! Here's another angle I've never seen horn corals compressed like they are at this site. They're practically 2-dimensional. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Oh boy, I should not have fallen for that... Yes, that is one squished puppy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allycs Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Maybe the carbon in it became graphene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, allycs said: Maybe the carbon in it became graphene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 That is wild! I’ve never seen one so compressed. Even if it was an April Fools joke, I appreciate you sharing. 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Funny! Mine is pretty compressed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 What time was it when the elephant stepped on the coral? Time to get a new coral. 1 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...
minnbuckeye Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 On 4/1/2020 at 6:43 PM, Darbi said: Funny! Are you calling this a rugosa coral? From my perspective, it appears more likely to be a cephalopod. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: Are you calling this a rugosa coral? From my perspective, it appears more likely to be a cephalopod. Mike Well, it looked like a rugosa coral to me. If it's a cephalopod, that's even better! Why do you think it is a cephalopod? I'm pretty new to identifying the fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 @Darbi Your specimen looks very similar to B or I above which are curved cephalopods of the Ordovician. Rugosa corals are not segmented. They can have banding to them but the bands are very irregular. I agree a curved cephalopod is a nicer find than a rugosa coral. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Nice! That make sense because I found it in the northern Fayette county, northeast Iowa and the bedrock of this area where I found it is Ordovician. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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