craigmontgomery Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Fossil hunting in Granbury Texas, found these items; is it coral or worm tubes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Not seeing any textures here to say it is coral. It may actually be an ichnofossil, a burrow filled in with sediment. We'll see what the others say. 5 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I agree it is not coral. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Sorry..... I'm not seeing anything that would indicate this is being a coral to me either. TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hi craigmontgomery! I agree with the others - I don't see any indication that what you have is a coral (e.g., I can't see any individual corallites - the skeletons that were secreted by the individual coral polyps). However, I think I may be seeing tiny holes covering your specimen (I've cropped your pictures - see below): Close-up of your first image: Close-up of your second image: Since you can see your specimen better than I can - can you see tiny holes covering it? If so, you may have an encrusting bryozoan covering something (the "something" could have been alive at one point, or not alive - I don't think that bryozoans were/are particularly picky about what they stick to ). The tiny holes would have been where the individual zooids once resided. Monica 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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