culinandy Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Found this in my front yard while digging up flower beds (I live in SE Michigan) - tried some googling but not sure what this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Welcome to the forum. I think what you have here is a water worn fossil coral. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culinandy Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 I was wondering if it was coral but the shape threw me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Your fossil is a type of colonial coral in the genus Syringophyllum. There are quite a few species so precise measurements and observation of internal structures is needed for an accurate species-level ID. These corals are widespread in Silurian to Mississippian marine formations, and are well known from Michigan. Don C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Not Dorlodotia/Kwangsiphyllum (or possibly Phillipsastrea)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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