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Is this horn coral?    went to our local beach here in southern new jersey today for a walk and where they dredged sand from the ocean to the beach I found this,,,,,,,,,  can someone confirm and maybe tell me aprox how old it is and if this is common for the southern new jersey beaches???  thanks

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Yup. Looks like a Paleozoic rugose coral. 

They do show up on southern Jersey beaches from time to time. 

Glaciation was rough on the northern states, picking things up, and dropping them down further south.

Regards,

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7 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Yup. Looks like a Paleozoic rugose coral. 

They do show up on southern Jersey beaches from time to time. 

Glaciation was rough on the northern states, picking things up, and dropping them down further south.

Regards,

THANKS!

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horn coral it is, nice one

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