Limestone Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Picture I took while hunting, left the fossil because I did not have the right tools. Limestone - Middle Tertiary through Cretaceous also wanted to share a picture of an eerie rock formation, looks just like the profile of a person really caught my eye thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 1st pic looks like coral. 2nd looks like fossilized alien. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 hat's definitely a fossil coral, couldn't tell you what type though. I can tell however it is probably of the subclass Hexazorallia, which is quite a broad group of creatures. I am, however, admittedly not an expert on the subject, in fact I'm not even sure I qualify as an amatuer. Finding out the formation and finding what organisms are present as well as a more exact age would help in IDing it. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Sorry about the typo, I meant to say Hexacorallia. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Nice fossil! I agree and I would add that the specimen in the photos is a scleractinian (scleractinia) colonial or hermatypic (reef builder) coral. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Is there a locality? Looks quite young, like Neogene. Scleractinia: probably Orbicella (= Montastrea). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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