Can't find it anywhere

[pcjr65]

I would really appreciate some help discovering what this discovery is. I found one in a limestone chunk a few years ago and never saw one until I found a spot that's filled with these things. They have some really nice calcite and a couple exceptional quartz crystals inside some of them and they break away easily from the matrix which appears to be in most cases part of the animal like in outer shell but the encasement or shell is usually pretty thick and there's usually more on one side than the other. Another unusual characteristic is they usually have parallel ridges formed that run lengthwise and some have spiky bumps on those ridges. Also found with nice horn corals. Jefferson County KY.

[FossilDAWG]

no photo?

Don

[Fossildude19]

Photos will be necessary for ID.
Descriptions just don't do it.

Regards,

[pcjr65]

for some reason, the uploader did not work. I'm trying again asap

[Fossildude19]

If you have issues, it is usually due to the file size.
Make sure they are below 2 MB in size.

If that doesn't work, feel free to email the pics to me (check my profile, at the bottom of my page, for my email address.)

Regards,

[Auspex]

There are a couple tutorials on image posting in our Frequently Asked Questions forum.

[howard_l]

Sounds a little like a stromatoporoid but need a picture to say for sure.

[pcjr65]

Yes, stromatoporoidea thingies.funny I searched photos for some variation of a stromawhatever, but did not see anything similar until I Googled your spelling. Thanks!

[jpc]

wow.. is this the first fossil that has been identified without a photo on the Forum?

Edited January 14, 2016 by jpc

[Auspex]

wow.. is this the first fossil that has been identified without a photo on the Forum?

It is a dubious ID. Dicey enough with images...

[Fossildude19]

Sorry - been busy at work today, and didn't get a chance to check my email.

PCJR65 sent me the pictures to post - here they are.

Not looking like a stromatoporoid to me.

Maybe flowstone? or infilled burrow?

Regards,

Edited January 14, 2016 by Fossildude19

[Auspex]

There is a cavern around there somewhere.

[howard_l]

Not a stromatoporoid for sure, it looks like calcite filled burrows. Where were they found.

Edited January 15, 2016 by howard_l

[Herb]

it is the cylindrical stromatoporoid, Beatricea sp. Nice piece also. I have found them on both Taylorsville and Bardstown roads. They are not common.

Edited January 15, 2016 by Herb

[Herb]

BTY, you can find it referenced in "Guide to the Rocks and Fossils of Jefferson Co. Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and Adjacent Areas," by James and Barbara Conkin. It's in U of L's library

[Auspex]

Good job, Herb! I've never heard of such

[Fossildude19]

I agree, - Great job, Herb. I had no idea about cylindrical stromatoporoids either.

PCJR65 sent me some more pictures of oddities he has come across.

Any locals ( Herb?) have any idea on these??

Regards,

[ashcraft]

last photo has corals and stromatoporoids/stromatolites. The next to last looks stromatolitic to me, would be interesting cross sectioned and polished.

Brent Ashcraft

[howard_l]

So are they Ordovician?

[Herb]

1st pix maybe bryozoans

middle pix rocks, can't tell for sure

Bottom pix are stromatoporoids and the coral Foerstephyllum.

All look Ordovician to me

[Herb]

couple shots ot the Beatricea sp. stromo I have about 1.5" long and .75" in dia.

Edited February 1, 2016 by Herb