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jeff510

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IMG_20171018_074557.thumb.jpg.29550609deb5986263d386efefc82f5b.jpgI found this on the surface in Westfield, ny about a mile away from lake Erie. This area is all glacial till. Most of the sedimentary rocks strewn about here have fossils, trails, and or ripples. Anybody recognize this?

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It is hard to tell from the picture. A close up of the fossil would help.

My first guess would be coral

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 Looks like Heliolites or similar heliolitid (tabulate coral) - the area between the large corallite pores has small coenenchymal ones. 

 

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5 minutes ago, TqB said:

 Looks like Heliolites or similar heliolitid (tabulate coral) - the area between the large corallite pores has small coenenchymal ones. 

My first thought as well, but doesn't the < mm size present a problem ?

Perhaps my judgement of it is just off. 

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6 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

My first thought as well, but doesn't the < mm size present a problem ?

Perhaps my judgement of it is just off. 

 

The pores are just about 1mm which is fine - I've got a Wenlock Propora tabulata that's the same and Heliolites isn't usually much bigger.

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