KimTexan Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 No pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 2 hours ago, KimTexan said: No pic. I believe the original lower left photo that I mentioned is being referenced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbush Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 update to the subject , I went to the same area (Sulaiy formation\Berriasian \ cretaceous of Saudi Arabia) and found more fossils of the same kind (lower left is larger ) . I hope this well help in identifying the fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 It can't be a tabulate coral if it's Cretaceous. They're the scutes of something, but of what, i know not. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 "A comprehensive list of fossils found in the Sulaiy Formation includes: Chaetetes sp., Milleporidium sp., Aporrhais sp., Diceras? sp., Exogyra couloni d'Orbigny, Nerinea aff. N. blancheti Pictet and Campiche, Nerinea sp., Ostrea sp., and miscellaneous cidaroid radioles. - according to R. W. Powers et al. 1966. Geology of the Arabian Peninsula. Sedimentary Geology of Saudi Arabia. USGS Professional Paper 560-D " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 maybe? - although there is not a five fold symmetry " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbush Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 Thank you all for the wealth of information , I agree it look like scutes of something ? alligator , I well go back to the same area looking for more samples, I ll keep you posted . regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Hmm, i don't think this is an urchin, but i'm not expert. I see some kind of worn coral. Cheers, Sophie. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbush Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 update to the subject , I went to the same area (Sulaiy formation\Berriasian \ cretaceous of Saudi Arabia) and found more fossils of the same kind > 50 (lower left have more details ) , I hope this well help finally identify this fossil as a scute and the new fossil is some thing new . regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 On 12/26/2017 at 9:45 AM, Rockwood said: Does it react to an acid ? Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 The new specimen is in better condition than the others, so I'll go with a scleractinian coral with the calicular surface visible in the picture below. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Yes, I think scleractinian coral as well, but no idea which type, it's a very interesting one. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 2:34 AM, drbush said: update to the subject , I went to the same area (Sulaiy formation\Berriasian \ cretaceous of Saudi Arabia) and found more fossils of the same kind > 50 (lower left have more details ) , I hope this well help finally identify this fossil as a scute and the new fossil is some thing new . regards It is quite lovely. It’s anazing that you found so many of them too. I know it’s been a while since it was posted, but I was searching corals and came across it. Did you ever get it narrowed down to a genus or species? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 To say more about the taxonomy, a section is needed. It is doubtless a Scleractinian coral, and because of the large trabeculae and probably septa that are connected to each other in the centre of the corallite, possibly Latomeandridae. Against this family speaks the quite regular septal symmetry (regular hexameral symmetry with four septal cycles). It is an interesting specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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