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Colonial Rugose Coral or Something Else?


Pippa

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Hi all, 

Could this be a badly worn rugose colonial coral?  My guess, due to what looks like calyces, vs. more typical corallites. Does anyone recognize this? 

Length is 3cm. Found in Lake Michigan, IL, Wenlock epoch, Racine formation.  TIA to all!

 

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This area has been a bit better protected and appears a tad less worn:

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Yes, that's a colonial coral and, as I'm pretty sure those are columellae, a rugose one. 

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Agreed. I think a columella is more or less visible within each calyx, but the septa and fossula are not. 

Thank you, Tidgy's Dad! 

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