dodo4 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Found this walking the beach near South Ponte Vedra, FL. What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Colonial coral. Maybe @digit knows what species. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo4 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 minute ago, ynot said: Colonial coral. Maybe @digit knows what species. Thank you ynot! So, it is not a fossil then? All the fossils I ever found at the beach are either black, different shades of dark brown, or dark gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Just now, dodo4 said: Thank you ynot! So, it is not a fossil then? All the fossils I ever found at the beach are either black, different shades of dark brown, or dark gray. Corals do not always change the way bone or teeth do. The modern corals I have seen are snow white (show no color). Wait for the locals to chime in. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 These corals are always hard. I think it's a fossil Solenastrea? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo4 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 Thank you @Tidgy's Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 some of you may like this bit of neontology(4,4 Mb) OR(6,6 Mb) an example of coral biometry(which sometimes helps in species discrimination) statistical result: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 They all look the same to me. Asterhelids are common in the Miocene up here. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo4 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, doushantuo said: some of you may like this bit of neontology(4,4 Mb) OR(6,6 Mb) an example of coral biometry(which sometimes helps in species discrimination) Thank you @doushantuo. It is good to know, but way over my head. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Looks like a fossilized coral to me as well. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo4 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Looks like a fossilized coral to me as well. Thank you @Ludwigia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Cenozoic coral Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Yup. I think Tidgy's Dad has this correct. It does indeed look like like a Solenastrea. If related to the modern species it would be most similar to Solenastrea hyades. The yellow is probably coming from oxidized iron and I'd guess this is probably an old coral. As these skeletal remains are already stone they don't have to go through much mineralization or replacement to be preserved so it is probably difficult to tell if it is hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years old. Here's a modern coral similar to your find: http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0704 Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo4 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Thank you @digit and @howard_l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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