copacetic Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I honestly can't say where this fossil came from. As a natural collector of many different things, there are lots of odd items in my house. Since my 7 year old has some interest in fossils and rocks, I've gathered up what I had and put it with her playground finds. In trying to ID our finds, I assumed this was a favosite, but it's not exactly like most pictured on the internet. The tabulae (? the divisions in each tube) aren't very evenly spaced, nor are they flat. The first view seems to show unusual little compartments with tiny openings, but I think the wearing of the fossil is responsible for that appearance. I always took the first view as being the top, but now I wonder if it's the bottom? It would make more sense to me if the floors of each compartment were concave instead of convex. So what say ye, Fossil Forum? Pictures are top, side, bottom, other side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Wow! That's an interesting piece. Definitely has that coral colony look to it but I agree it does look rather "free form" in its structure. I wonder if this piece was subject to distortions during the process of fossilization? Beautiful piece. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Tabulate coral. 1 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...
goatinformationist Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 A very nice piece of coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Looks like a possible Foerstephyllum sp. 1 "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 July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I agree with all. Favositid coralites are usually quite uniform in shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copacetic Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 11 hours ago, Herb said: Looks like a possible Foerstephyllum sp. I looked that up and found this picture: I think you might be right! The tabulae don't seem as concave as mine, but it's hard to tell. It's interesting to me how chaotic it looks on the inside while having a pretty regular honeycomb appearance on the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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