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Fossil coral found in Granbury Texas


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I see very tiny holes that make me think it could rather be a bryozoan than a coral, but i am not an expert, so let's wait for more knowledgeable's opinion.

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I don't know what to make of the first or top specimen but the bottom one looks like a very worn ghost shrimp burrow called Protocallinassa mortoni. 

Here is a picture of one I found last year in Big Brook in Marlboro N.J.

Hope this help 

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Here is a  close up picture of one

 

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That's a nice example and I think a good possibility.

I don't know if the Ophiomorpha was made by Protocallianassa mortoni  or Protocallianassa pleuralum, but the latter was described from Texas in C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. 2010. Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222 .

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Maybe the piece on the top would be worth a little cleaning for a better ID.

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"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

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