MrBones Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hello, I recently went on a trip to Ras al Khaimah. On our trip we visited Jebel al Jais (the highest mountain in the UAE), and I found these fossils jutting out of this rock. I thought they looked like some sort of coral, but I am not entirely sure. I would like to know what you guys think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Notidanodon Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I’m not sure it could be a fossil but it could also easily be geological (maybe dentritic growth?) not really sure here though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, will stevenson said: I’m not sure it could be a fossil but it could also easily be geological (maybe dentritic growth?) not really sure here though They have a very distinct pattern, and they all seem to have a "mouth" or openning with lots of smaller structures inside. I've seen some dendrites before, but these look a bit different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I'm just going to toss in what comes to mind, archaeocyathid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I'm just going to toss in what comes to mind, archaeocyathid. That might be it! I found this image while looking up "archaeocyathid" on the internet, looks limilar to some of the fossils in the rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 These are to the Cambrian (?) what rudist are to the Cretaceous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Rockwood said: These are to the Cambrian (?) what rudist are to the Cretaceous. So they were plentiful during that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, MrBones said: So they were plentiful during that time? Just double checked. That's when they were around. Hope someone can add more though. I don't know much about them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 29 minutes ago, Rockwood said: These are to the Cambrian (?) what rudist are to the Cretaceous. Just to clarify for those who don't delve as heavily into concepts as I do. Both seem to present a wide variety of strange shapes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Very probably Scleractinians, solitary corals. I have been to that area some decades ago and you have got a lot of Upper Cretaceous there (principally Campanian to Maastrichtian). Your specimen show two longitudinal sections, one flat cyclolitid (but not necessarily Cyclolites!) coral and a turbinate form. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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