Jazfossilator Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Found this on myrtle beach this morning after heavy thunderstorms threw large debris all around the beach, I'm not sure what this is? It's attached to a large concretion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 It seems like a piece of sponge or coral that got washed up, doesn't look fossilized though. Regards, indominus rex. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I'm not the guy to ask, but first idea is either a Bryozoan or a weathered coral. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 gray rock on specimen would seem to indicate that this bryozoan colony is fossil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I was thinking coral as well, but I’m far from an expert. @indominus rex What makes you say it doesn’t look fossilized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Definitely looks bryozoan to me, and as I remember most of the sand there doesn't have much staining potential. Was this not the case where it was found ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 57 minutes ago, thelivingdead531 said: I was thinking coral as well, but I’m far from an expert. The reason it resembles coral could easily be that this was a symbiotic relationship between a worm like animal and a bryozoan. I have some modern examples collected in Sandy Hook Bay NJ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Definitely a Byrozoan colony. I would also say it is fossilized. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I am on the bryozoan side also "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Rockwood said: The reason it resembles coral could easily be that this was a symbiotic relationship between a worm like animal and a bryozoan. I have some modern examples collected in Sandy Hook Bay NJ. Modern examples. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Ah yes, I can see it now. Thank you for sharing @Rockwood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 The specimen in question nicely resembles the 'coral sponge' from here . 1 " 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...
Rockwood Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 21 minutes ago, abyssunder said: nicely resembles Sorry but it looks a bit too thick to be a good match to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazfossilator Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Very interesting, I hadn't the slightest clue other than maybe coral, I believe you are right about both the identity and the worm holes @Rockwood thanks to everyone who answered! I have some research to do:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Rockwood said: Sorry but it looks a bit too thick to be a good match to me. That's not a problem. Try to compare the inside and outside patterns and the general shape of the specimens. I'm leaning toward sponge vs bryozoan. " 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...
Jazfossilator Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, abyssunder said: That's not a problem. Try to compare the inside and outside patterns and the general shape of the specimens. I'm leaning toward sponge vs bryozoan. I'm curious are aquatic worms found in sponges too? Upon closer inspection this thing has quite a few tube like worms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Yes, that looks like a colony of worm tubes covered in sediment Can't see sponges or bryozoa there Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 8 hours ago, abyssunder said: That's not a problem. How can that not be a problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: worm tubes covered in sediment What kind of sediment looks like that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 10 hours ago, Jazfossilator said: I'm curious are aquatic worms found in sponges too? Upon closer inspection this thing has quite a few tube like worms Those little hollow tubes are worm tubes of tube worms which can attack sponges, corals, gastropods, bivalves, etc. 1 " 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...
Al Dente Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I agree with everyone who says this is a bryozoan colony. On several of the photos you can see the individual zooids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I'm a little over my head here so throw me a line if I go under. Could some of the confusion be caused by the fact that all zooid like structures do not necessarily house feeding zooids. Might this colony have employed an unusual number due to the presence of the tubes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Maybe Plocoscyphia looks more close to the specimen in question. pictures from here and here 2 " 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...
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