cath Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Here are photos of today's find. Will you please advise? Is it Astrangia Lineata? Also, how does one determine if something is a fossil or how old it might be? Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Sorry, cannot help with the species. Please wait for others to answer that. Recent corals are light, fossil ones are heavy. For a coral that size, I would estimate that it is around 100 grams (the weight of a pen is approximately 10 grams). If it is not a fossil, I would guess below 30 grams. About the age, you need to search for a geological age map of the area where you found it. If you can find where you collected the fossil on the map, you will be able to tell what age it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Coo find! Here is a non-fossil coral looking a bit like yours from my collection... I have no clue about the species, so if someone knows yours, then I might have an answer to mine too! Warm regards, Max Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cath Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 This coral in this reference seems to match. http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/ScleractinianCorals.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Recent corals do wash up on NC beaches on occasion, especially after storms. I would guess if it is fossilized it would be Pleistocene most likely. There are not any other deposits in the outer banks area, other than Oligocene very very deep below the Pamlico Sound. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 More information on Septastrea marylandica and Outer Banks here: " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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