kvillers Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Hello All, My son found this rock today that is unlike anything I've seen before. It resembles a snake head in shape and is completely covered in what appear to be scales. That seems highly improbable, but here are some photos. I am no expert and thought it best to post here for advice. Thanks for any help. Sincerely, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Tabulate coral. Nice piece. Tony 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvillers Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 interesting. thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 10 minutes ago, kvillers said: interesting. thanks for the help Welcome to the forum. I agree with fossil coral. It is heavily worn / eroded / rounded which makes the corallites (where the little coral polyps once lived) more two dimensional and gives them the appearance of scales. Prior to being tumbled and worn, the polygonal shapes would have been depressions. If you Google fossil coral, you'll find images of unworn examples. Neat find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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