pambosk Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 the following appears to be a coral, or sponge? It is not my own find, a friend gifted them to me, he said his fisherman grandpa, found them in the water near the island. They are heavy-ish, very hard and sound like rocks when hit them with each other and other rocks. size: when placed next to each other 10cm x 4cm(to3cm) and 2cm thick. Also appart from the obvious shell which looks modern, there is a tiny white pointy edge - snail -like shell with vertical lines all around, and a hole on its side, that could also be fossil, unless that it is supposed to be so white when baby. (photo1 and 2, left piece, top right circle, u can see the baby shells opening and hole) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Looks like coral to me. Seems to be Favosites sp? But I'm not an expert so let's see what others say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I think corals, extant, not fossils. What is "the island"? Cyprus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pambosk Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Yes sorry, Cyprus, my friends memory however is not 110% credible. Do corals become so heavy and tough when dried? I never touched even a real one just saw them on TV, one would expect that maximum they should feel like wood alive or dead, those sound like marbles when struck together. I got another kind also, Coelenterata variety i belive i will post later, same person and location and, the material and color also the same white/grey. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 There are not much extant species in the east Mediterranean that look like your material. It could be Neogene. In the western Mediterranean you can find Astroides calicularis (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroides_calycularis; Spanish page has more images) quite often but is hasa different skeleton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pambosk Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 here is the other kind, allegedly same location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pambosk Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 also according to this website what I have can be a fossil and matches some of cyprus age: http://www.fossilshells.nl/cnidaria068.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 All corals look anyhow "alike" as all humans do. The material at the Netherland page is not correctly determined; at least the two top images belong to Hexastraea. For correct determination you should look at fine skeletal structures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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