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BLT Regular Member

BLT

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Could someone please let me know which type of fossil(s) are in this? I found it in a creek in middle Tennessee. Thanks!

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DPS Ammonite Regular Member

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Probably a Mississippian coral: Lithostrotionella. Note projection in center of coralite and striated sides.

 

http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/fossil/coral/Lithostrotionella2.htm

 

 

http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/fossil/coral/Lithostrotionella3.htm

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Yeah, i'd call it a coral. Some type of Mississippian or Rugose coral. Nice find :P

 

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