chytryjon Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Can someone ID this? It was found by my 8 year old son in South West Ohio - Montgomery County near a river bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Horn Coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Or Solitary Coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Yes sir , Horn Coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Solitary Rugose or Horn Coral. 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...
tmaier Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Solitary Rugose or Horn Coral. Regards, Or Rugose, solitary, horn coral. Or horn, solitary, rugose coral... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) You can also tell your son that this fossil is likely to be about 440 million years old. The area you found it in is Ordovician to Silurian in age. Here is a map of the ages of the rock near the surface in Ohio. http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=time_space§ionnav=state&name=Ohio That coral you have was part of a warm tropical coral reef. At that time Ohio was down by the equator. Here are some artist's renderings of what the Silurian tropical sea looked like 440 million years ago. Hold the fossil coral in your hand and hold it up to the screen while viewing one of those renderings. You are holding a very ancient part of that coral reef. http://www.google.com/images?q=tropical+sea+silurian&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1 Edit: As you look at those renderings, can you see your coral in those paintings? You might find other creatures you see in those paintings as fossil in your area. Edited October 26, 2014 by tmaier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 If this is out of the Ordovician of SW Ohio it can be identified with 99% certainty to the species Grewingkia canadensis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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