WhiteRabbit1220 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Hi, I found another rock in my yard. It's entirely made up of these circle things. Rock is about 9 inches across. Tennessee Thank you in advance, if you know. Edited October 16, 2018 by WhiteRabbit1220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Looks like a colonial coral to Me. Others may be more specific. 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...
Darktooth Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I agree with ynot. That is a very cool piece for a backyard find! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 looks like the Mississippian age coral Lithostrontium sp. ( I think the name has been changed, Lithostrotionella sp. ?} 2 "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...
Ludwigia Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I agree completely with coral. And it's weathered in such an interesting way, exposing the variations in its structural anatomy very well. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRabbit1220 Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 thanks a bunch, y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I have a large plate of the same coral. Find tons of at Lake Dale Hollow (TN), and surrounding area. Same red clay sticks to it on my samples. Great find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 About that red clay... (in an article from our newsletter): "There are two main areas of cleaning. The first is mechanical, which involves removing what is not the specimen by physical means. The second is chemical, which involves dissolving what is not wanted and so removing it. There are many ways to clean a specimen via mechanical cleaning. Shaking a specimen may remove some debris. Washing with a strong stream of water will clean some. Also a dental pick can be used to remove pebbles and other pieces as needed. One way to remove clay is to wet the clay and allow the specimen to dry. This will expand and contract the clay and so cause it to crumble and then be removed. This wet/dry process may need to be done many times. To clean a specimen chemically, one needs a chemical that will not harm the specimen but will help remove what is not wanted on the specimen. The chemicals talked about in this article are bleach, SHMP, and oxalic acid. There are many others that may be useful." You gotta love SHMP; it's like magic. GP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Hi, The use of an ultrasonic bath can be useful for removing dry clay, such as hydrogen peroxide if the fossil is "hard". Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Taxonomy Update: Lithostrotion / Lithostrotionella has been reclassified as Acrocyathus: Sando, W.J. 1983 Revision of Lithostrotionella (Coelenterata, Rugosa) from the Carboniferous and Permian. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1247:1-52 PDF LINK Rodríguez, S., & Kopaska-Merkel, D.C. 2014 Mississippian rugose corals from Alabama: a review. Journal of Paleontology, 88(5):829-850 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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