GABRIEL.P Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) This is a coral fossil found in Myloi Gorge, in Rethymno area. I can't identify it, but i know its epoch is Pliocene because in that area were found fish fossils in matrix dated from the Zanclean subepoch( subepoch in Pliocene). Please, can you try to identify it. Thanks. Edited December 16, 2020 by GABRIEL.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 i have no idea, but it's really lovely!!! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 @HansTheLoser ? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Here is an enhanced detail. It looks rather disorganized to be a colonial coral. I have a hard time seeing the boundary between corallites. Maybe it is a group of crystals. We really need a much better up close photo. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GABRIEL.P Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 I took some better photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 It looks strange in the preservation status, but I'm leaning toward coral. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packy Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Try taking photo with trypod. Use macro setting and 2 second timer. This should get us better focus. A top and side photo Awesome find. Packy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 @Ludwigia The images are bad, so it could be coral or anything anorganic. Sorry for not coming back earlier but I escaped almost weeks to the Gulf of Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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