Spilly Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Found this at our Landscape yard where we are located on bedrock . There are many fossils to be found here but this one stood out from all I have seen here with it's size . Thanks for any help. Spilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Looks like a honkin big horn coral, or Rugose coral. Nice find. Regards, 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...
fossilized6s Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wow! Nice Rugose. With a bit of prep and patience that could be a nice wall-hanger. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 That is nice. And rising out of a neat sea of crinoid segments. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattalic Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 That...is...amazing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkinhead Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 That is large. Where exactly did you find it? I might want to look around there when I'm near Erie. (Providing its open to the public) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I agree with my predecessors. Very nice! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantab91 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wow! That is really awesome. I would be happy just finding the matrix much less that huge even by Texas standards coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spilly Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wow , thanks for all the great comments !!! Oh no ! Now I have another Hobby ? This area is near Buffalo but on the Canadian side of the border in Fort Erie. This Coral will be on display in my garden . Will it decompose if displayed out in the open? May be a dumb question if it has survived ? million years. This area is private property but let me know and we can work something out. Tons of examples of this type of fossil (matrix) Thanks again for this forum for us newbies. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wow! That's a beauty, Bill. And welcome to the fossil forum. I wouldn't worry about your fossil decomposing before you do. It's been bound in that matrix for millions of years, and will most likely remain there for millions of more years. In your garden. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Very very nice piece. I have never seen a piece of coral that large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I bet it is Devonian in age like the big ones found at the Falls of the Ohio. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spilly Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 So Cool !!! Millions of years .... Thanks for the response to my post . Moe pics of the matrix to follow . Thanks !! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattalic Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) If you're worried about degradation, you could try impregnating it with plastic. Might work nicely given the seemingly porous nature I see in that cross-section. There are topics on the forum on how to do it and what to use (e.g. Butvar-76). Museums generally do this for archival purposes and it's fully reversible if you ever want to remove it. Edited August 7, 2014 by Mattalic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) I wouldn't put any sealant on it. It crys out for a wash. Get a bucket of detergent and water and give him a bath. For the orifice of the coral, put some of the detergent water in and allow to soak for a half hour, then use a paint brush to gently dab into the septa of the coral. Then gently hose or spray out the dirt. That is such a sweet heart of a fossil I would keep it indoors to protect it from physical damage and more dirt. The rain wouldn't hurt that for a century or two, but what if something falls on it and breaks a chunk off? It's a "doozy" all right. Edited August 7, 2014 by tmaier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 nice coral! my guess would be Siphonophrentis from the Devonian period. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Great piece. I would display it indoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hslice Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 That is awesome! WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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