PaleoOrdo Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Hello I found this fossil in south of Norway, many circles and it s from silur. Coral or a small tre? Anyone have an idea on what is could be? Thanks for any suggestions in advance. martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Can you take a picture of the lower right corner. It shows some sort of structure that will aid in IDing. Also include some measuring device so we know how large it is. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 It looks like the base of a favositid coral colony (or an impression of it). Size? 3 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson g Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I concur with @TqB, looks like an impression of favosite coral bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 +1 for coral "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoOrdo Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 It is nothing more to see in the lower right corner, and the item is about 2,5 cm in diameter. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 @PaleoOrdo, I think the structures seen here help to verify the item in question likely is both partial imprint and part of a favosite. The polygonal corralites can be seen in this enlargement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoOrdo Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 minnbuckeye - thank you for the enlargement. It is nothing more to see in the lower right corner, and the item is about 2,5 cm in diameter. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoOrdo Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Interesting that I found another stone nearby, which I almost though was of no value, which have the exact favosite polygonal forms. It was very difficult to discover them, but the enlargment was the key ... Here is the stone: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoOrdo Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Her is another pic of the stone, interestingly the zoids are very very small, maybe not part of the same speciemen as stone number 1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 If the holes/pores are really tiny, could it be a bryozoan rather than a coral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoOrdo Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 I do'nt know. What are the differences between corals and bryozoans really? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomasz Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 It resembles strangly some freshwater Bryozoans... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoOrdo Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 I do nt understand how it can be a freshwater bryozoan, as the other fossils found in the area are not from freshwater ... Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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