AndersonNoe Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Two years ago I found a field in Lithuania, where I managed to find a lot of small fossils; mostly corales and small invertebrates. But I came across one fossil, which was one of the best ones I ever found, but cannot identify what it is. I am searching fossils for fun and have no schooling or knowledge about them (so it might be a very common fossil.) I hope, someone can help! Edited January 17, 2022 by AndersonNoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Welcome to the Forum. This looks like a rugose coral, to me. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonNoe Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Thank you, I'm excited to be here At first I thought it was a rugose but I saw, that my fossil seemed to have one side where it had only one flat surface, while the other side seemed to have more arms (four arms/flat surfaces with patterns.). As if it were standing.The last photo shows that what I currently call the bottom, the others show the 'upper side' and it's stamp pattern I tried to Google rugose coral too but seem not to find any images, which have the shape as in my photos... . I'm sure it is a coral (or at least I think it is) and tried to search for the horn coral formations too. But since my brother had found one such horn coral, I could put them together and again they did not look similar... (I sent a new photo, where the four branches can be seen more clearly) Edited January 17, 2022 by AndersonNoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 The "branches" could be other polyps growing on the first one. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonNoe Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Oh, I didn't know, that was possible! Thank you for your help! I can now name it. Do you maybe have any idea, how old this fossil might be? I'm working on marking all my fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyrannosaurusRex Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Lovely rugose. here’s a geologic map I’ve marked primary age groups, hopefully it helps! Clarification: I’m assuming you found it in the yellow grey region, because rugose went extinct in the Permian extinction event. You can read more about them here: https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/cnidaria/anthozoa/rugosa/ Edited January 17, 2022 by TyrannosaurusRex Edit for clarification 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonNoe Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Thank you very much for this great map! I really did find it in the Late Devon region According to the linked website I assume, the first photo I'm sending will be Acinophyllum stramineum? There is another fossil, which I never quite understood, what it might be. (The other photos). It looked young to me, almost, like a mushroom we see these days on the trees. But yet again, I have no idea. Maybe any of you could help me? I tried to clean it, but the edges were very sensitive and crumbly, so it might seem a little dusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 This is a map showing the prequaternary deeper ground. There could be local devonian glacial erratics, but if I remember right, devonian strata of this area look different. I would suggest you have found glacial erratics from the Silurian period, widespread there and originating from the baltic glint reaching from Sweden (e.g. Isle of Gotland) up to Estonian shores... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. This looks like a rugose coral, to me. I agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonNoe Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) Never thought it to be something like this! I believe, there might be than more of such erratics which I found and hadn't previously understood. Thank you all for your help! Since I'm new to the forum, what should I do with this topic? Do I have to delete it? Edited January 18, 2022 by AndersonNoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Oh no ! We don’t delete or empty a topic ! Everyone can learn from all posts. Coco 2 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonNoe Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) I see Today I further reviewed my fossils and found a beautiful stone with three star shaped remnants, what I believe to be crinoids, since I found plenty of those typical rings! Of course, I would be very happy, somebody might tell me, what it actually is. I too found another, very small fossil, which looks somewhat funny and similar, but cannot remember its name. (Photo in the middle) At last I too wanted to ask, wether the last photos depict a horn coral or maybe some other kind of rugosa? Edited January 18, 2022 by AndersonNoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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