Toot-Toot McBumbersnazzle Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 This was found on a relative's farm in central Tennessee about 20 years ago. It looks like a sponge, and a museum I took it to a long time ago said it was, but I wanted to know what you guys thought. Other fossils found on the same farm include shells, coral, and tool fragments made from antlers. Some of the holes in the fossil go all the way through. Whatever it turns out to be, it's pretty cool-looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Rugose coral. As close to colonial as they usually got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I agree..the corals themselves are gone and what you have is the sediment that filled in the spaces between them. Probably Lithostrotion or some such type, but will be difficult to id without the coralites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Museum would know more than me. Certainly looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 53 minutes ago, EMP said: Museum would know more than me. Certainly looks like it. This is a tabulate of similar form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 It is a Coral and if I had to ID the specimen, it looks like a badly weathered lower Mississippian, Tuscumbia Limestone, Coral Acrocyathus floriformis. Lithostrotionella and Lithostrotion is now assigned to the genus Acrocyathus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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