Danielb Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I am an amateur fossil hunter and collector, and I found this a while ago in Devonian shale, around Rochester New York. At first I thought it was some plant head like crinoid or coral but after I looked online I got stumped and couldn’t find anything like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Tabulate coral? Favosites sp.? Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Maybe but they are not round like that and it looks like a stem would connect to the bottom kinda like a crinoid head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Agreed, coral of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Looks similar to Pleurodictyum. Not sure about them in the Silurian, though. Just checked out a Silurian website. Try looking at Favosites parasiticus. 1 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...
Fossildude19 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 @Danielb Does it have a flat bottom? Is the bottom pictured at all? 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...
Danielb Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 No it goes into a bump kinda 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: @Danielb Does it have a flat bottom? Is the bottom pictured at all? It goes out which is why I thought some kinda stem would attach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Are you sure it was found in a Devonian formation? 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...
Danielb Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Not completely sure but I know the spot that we were hunting in had brachiopods horn corals and trilobites but don’t know the age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 42 minutes ago, Danielb said: Maybe but they are not round like that and it looks like a stem would connect to the bottom kinda like a crinoid head Not sure why you are resistant to the most obvious answer as suggested by numerous folks. It looks like a coral and either Favosites or Pleurodictyum are hemispherical and found in the Devonian of New York. There is really nothing that looks crinoidal about it, other than a round shape but there are multiple things that point to coral (obvious corallites being the most diagnostic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Ok it’s just round and unlike those corals it doesn’t have a flat bottom it’s probably some kinda coral I was just checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I don't believe there is a Devonian site in Rochester. I think your site is Silurian. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Ok like I said I’m not sure on the time period I’m going back this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mochaccino Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) I agree it's some sort of Favosites coral. I have a very similar-looking piece, Favosites forbesi from the Silurian-aged Waldron Shale of Indiana, USA. As you can see this one also ends in a little taper and "bump" instead of being flat at the base. Edited April 6, 2023 by Mochaccino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Wow that looks a lot like mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 A TFF member (Darktooth) recently found a Favosites coral in the Silurian beds just outside of Rochester. Favosites can be found in the Ordovician through the Devonian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 Oh wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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