MrBones Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Hello, I am only 13 but I have picked up a lot of fossils. I don't know what half of the fossils are. I hope you can help. I found this fossil on the Jebal Hafeet nountain in Al Ain, UAE. It is very small. I am curious as to what it is. It looks like some sort of coral. The area l found it in was known for its marine fossils. I also found several larger corals on the same mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Here is another photo of the fossil's underside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The scale is too small for coral, and the shapes aren't right for bryozoan. I think it's something similar to a nummulite, but just what I don't know. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Thank you, I googled it and it looks identical to what I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I did the same. Looks like a large foram. at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Maybe you can post some closeups and more information about the geology/age of the rocks where you find the fossils? Beside Foraminifera it can be also a Lunulites (Bryozoa): Lunulites/Oligocene , Lunulites 2 , Lunulites 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 39 minutes ago, Johannes said: Beside Foraminifera it can be also a Lunulites It's the view in the top photo I had trouble making fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 @Rockwood: I agree with you and wouldn't exclude Foraminifera without better pictures and Informations about the geology, but it can also be a filling with sand(stone). I also know the foraminiferal limestones of this region, where eocene Nummulites are very, very common (with about 8 cm size in the UAE deposits). First Picture is definitely more pointing to foram, second make doubts on this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Johannes said: First Picture is definitely more pointing to foram, second make doubts on this... You know, it could be a foram. that's been encrusted by a bryozoan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 31 minutes ago, Rockwood said: You know, it could be a foram. that's been encrusted by a bryozoan. One more point for better pictures... (but (sorry about my "but"s): Lunulites did not encrust and is evolved by its functional morphology for living on soft grounds (muds and fine sands). The "pore-structures" at the second picture seem to be radial symetric, so if not this genus or relatives, you are compromisless right and it is a foraminifer with one-side eroded chambers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, Johannes said: so if not this genus or relatives, you are compromisless right I can't disagree, but it's out of ignorance so I couldn't agree if I wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Sponge perhaps? ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I was thinking sponge too, but I am very uneducated in this area. I’d love to see close up pics of it. It looks beautiful in the second pic. It looks like it has a lot of detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 I found several. Since they are so small it is hard to get a clear photo. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, MrBones said: I found several. Since they are so small it is hard to get a clear photo. Hope this helps. Upper ones are definitely something related to Nummulites. The smaller discs I will ask a friend for, foraminiferanaddicted may know his site: http://foraminifera.eu/ If them are Foraminiferans he will confirm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) The specimen in question looks like a half of a microspheric numulitid foraminiferan, naturally splitted in the equatorial plane, and that plane might be encrusted by bryozoan. Edited December 30, 2018 by abyssunder 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...
Fossildude19 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Cropped and brightened: 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 those might be Lepidocyclina,but don't quote me on that. Larger operculinid forams are mostly hard to tell apart,biometry might be the order of the day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBones Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Im going to stick with nummulites, but thanks for the theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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