kgbudge Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Coral fossils? From a recent trip to the Payson area, Arizona. Possibly Naco Formation. My Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Looks small, but it would help to know the scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbudge Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 Pine needles at right give scale. This cluster is around an inch (2 cm) across. My Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 It's really hard to tell. Maybe we need a better close-up. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbudge Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 This is about as much as the photo will bear enlarging: So if it's a fossil, it's not terribly well preserved. Still, the cluster of similar structures suggests something colonial. Each structure maybe three or four millimeters across. My Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 A branching (colonial) tabulate maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbudge Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 Also from this location, brachiopods (mostly): Nothing terribly spectacular. My Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 3:46 PM, kgbudge said: This is about as much as the photo will bear enlarging: So if it's a fossil, it's not terribly well preserved. Still, the cluster of similar structures suggests something colonial. Each structure maybe three or four millimeters across. Looks like a syringoporoid coral from the Naco Formation. Not one of the several species of corals has been described in peer reviewed papers for the Naco Formation. I have collected at least 4 species of coral. 1 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...
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