Second fossil hunting trip and first BIG FIND! (scaphite, and coral?)

[Treemaninaction]

My wife and I went out for our third fossil hunting expedition and landed on what I would consider to be our first big find. We went camping up near Ram Falls, in Alberta Canada. I previously read on this handy website that others had found ammonites in the area, specifically scaphite depressus, an low and behold, we found one too! I can't described how pumped I was to hold that thing in my hand. What a great feeling. Anyway, we also found a fair amount of other coral looking thingys, and I would really appreciate some help IDing them. Here they are: 

 

 I am thinking that these three might be colonial rugose corals... but that is just a noobs guess:

 

Now this one looks like a sponge to me... but it also looks like pumice. I didn't see any other volcanic looking rock around, so that led me to suspect some sort of fossilized sponge... 

 

Not sure what to make of this... maybe rugosa coral or a bit of bivalve? 

 

This one is really hard to make out... it has some really faint patterns that gave off fossil vibes to me.

 

 

Annnnnd finally... here is the beautiful scaphite. I am pretty sure there are actually a couple of them there. What really neat is that in a few spots you can see inside the shell! 

 

 

 

Sorry about the lengthy post and thanks to anyone who takes the time to read and respond. So far this forum has been incredibly welcoming and helpful to me, and I am very glad it exists!

Edited June 13, 2022 by Treemaninaction

[Lone Hunter]

I think the first one looks like serpulid worm tubes, the second one does look spongey but wait for experts. Edit, I believe the first one is syringopora coral.

Edited June 13, 2022 by Lone Hunter

[Treemaninaction]

Thanks for your input! I think you may be correct. In fact, I think the third may be syringopora coral as well, as it look really similar to the fossil on this site: http://www.habitas.org.uk/fossils/syringopora.html

 

Edit: Further confirmation that you are correct can be found on page 7 of this document, which specifically references syringopora coral being found in the Canadian rockies: https://www.albertapaleo.org/bulletin313.pdf

Edited June 13, 2022 by Treemaninaction

[Lone Hunter]

Just a guess on the third one, could it be part of a trilobite?

[Rockwood]

5 hours ago, Lone Hunter said:

Edit, I believe the first one is syringopora coral.

There you go.

[Ludwigia]

2 hours ago, Lone Hunter said:

Just a guess on the third one, could it be part of a trilobite?

I don't think so, since they were long extinct before the Cretaceous came along. It could however be part of an ammonite. I don't think that the 2 mystery ones are fossils, but I agree with Syringopora.

[Rockwood]

12 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

I don't think so, since they were long extinct before the Cretaceous came along. It could however be part of an ammonite. I don't think that the 2 mystery ones are fossils, but I agree with Syringopora.

Are you sure that you agree with yourself here ?  

[Treemaninaction]

5 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

I don't think so, since they were long extinct before the Cretaceous came along. It could however be part of an ammonite. I don't think that the 2 mystery ones are fossils, but I agree with Syringopora.

When you say the two mystery ones are you referring to the pumice looking one and this one?

 

Were you thinking Syringopora for the first three or just the very first one? Thanks for your input! 

[Peat Burns]

If this is a Cretaceous / Mesozoic site, wouldn't Syringopora be out of place? Transported from Palaeozoic rocks elsewhere?.  If so, then other palaeozoic finds aren't out of the question.   If the site is strictly Cretaceous/Mesozoic, it doesn't look like Syringopora is a likely candidate.

Edited June 13, 2022 by Peat Burns

[Rockwood]

1 hour ago, Peat Burns said:

If this is a Cretaceous / Mesozoic site, wouldn't Syringopora be out of place? Transported from Palaeozoic rocks elsewhere?.

At some sights the only thing that needs transport is the collector, by a few steps.

[Ludwigia]

5 hours ago, Treemaninaction said:

When you say the two mystery ones are you referring to the pumice looking one and this one?

Yes.

Were you thinking Syringopora for the first three or just the very first one? Thanks for your input! 

I must admit that I wasn't thinking properly as I agreed on Syringopora. Peat Burns has pointed out that the stratigraphy does not concur with such an id. I'm now thinking that the first 3 photos may be showing us Teredo worms.

 

[Rockwood]

30 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

Peat Burns has pointed out that the stratigraphy does not concur with such an id.

 

3 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

If this is a Cretaceous / Mesozoic site,

I still think we lack evidence that no Paleozoic rocks can possibly be found here. Frankly I wish anyone luck with that.

[abyssunder]

This one looks spongy and I think is not a sponge or pumice, but a bioeroded carbonate rock with (at least) sponge borings.

 

 

[Treemaninaction]

17 hours ago, abyssunder said:

This one looks spongy and I think is not a sponge or pumice, but a bioeroded carbonate rock with (at least) sponge borings.

 

 

Neat! Thanks for the input.