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3 hours ago, BlueFire0044 said:

Maybe a type of coral

It is indeed a rugose aka "horn" coral.  Good find and good job with ID.

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6 minutes ago, grandpa said:

It is indeed a rudist aka "horn" coral.  Good find and good job with ID.

Thank you!:)

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Hi

 

Rudist is a coral ? I didn't know that...

 

Coco

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3 minutes ago, Coco said:

Hi

 

Rudist is a coral ? I didn't know that...

 

Coco

No, rudist is not a coral

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8 minutes ago, Coco said:

Rudist is a coral ? I didn't know that.

Ooh, my bad! :DOH: Early in the am here. 

I (maybe not so) clearly meant to say rugose coral or rugosa.  :rolleyes:

Rudist is a type of bivalve for those keeping score at home.  I'll just slink off and go to bed now.  Good night.  :unsure:

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30 minutes ago, grandpa said:

It is indeed a rudist aka "horn" coral.  Good find and good job with ID.

I think you mean nudist horn coral. It looks like it's been bitten by sand fleas. :)

Seriously though; I think there is a fossil on this fossil. The holes appear to be trace fossils. There may also be a body fossil of an epibiont as well.

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Horn Corals are from the extinct order of corals called Rugosa. Rugose means wrinkled. The outside of these corals have a wrinkled appearance.

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38 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

I think you mean nudist horn coral. It looks like it's been bitten by sand fleas. :)

Seriously though; I think there is a fossil on this fossil. The holes appear to be trace fossils. There may also be a body fossil of an epibiont as well.

Thats awesome!

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28 minutes ago, Bob Saunders said:

Horn Corals are from the extinct order of corals called Rugosa. Rugose means wrinkled. The outside of these corals have a wrinkled appearance.

When did they go extinct? 

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37 minutes ago, BlueFire0044 said:

When did they go extinct? 

End Permian. Somewhere around 250-251 million years ago.

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1 minute ago, Rockwood said:

End Permian. Somewhere around 250-251 million years ago.

Wow! Thats really old then!

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4 minutes ago, Bob Saunders said:

in articles they show what we consider here horn corals but, the ones shown are considered bivalves. Here is one I found locally. The horn coral has some matrix cover removed by me. 

 

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200419/geology-ancient-clams-help-measure-moons-ever-changing-orbit 

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Nice! Where did you find them?

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Not far from my house in south west Michigan, USA. From digging a farm pond.I do not know from what depth.  The second picture is showing more of the fossil plate or maybe the other side of it. This one is a small part of the back side of the plate. some using a flash. 

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3 minutes ago, Bob Saunders said:

Not far from my house in south west Michigan, USA. From digging a farm pond.I do not know from what depth.  The second picture is showing more of the fossil plate or maybe the other side of it. This one is a small part of the back side of the plate. some using a flash. At about 8 )'clock their is metallic looking objects. One V shape? and  pin like object, could it be a crinoid spine? 

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4 hours ago, Bob Saunders said:

the ones shown are considered bivalves. Here is one I found locally. The horn coral has some matrix cover removed by me. 

I've had a long hard day. Should this really make any sense ?

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On ‎19‎/‎04‎/‎2020 at 9:37 AM, BlueFire0044 said:

This fossil was found in Gotland, Sweden

I think this is  a silurian coral, Cystiphyllum.

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3 minutes ago, marguy said:

I think this is  a silurian coral, Cystiphyllum.

i think its a Dalmanophyllum. What do you think?AE2C1418-C8F8-4123-82E7-4FA2AC6EEA05.thumb.png.d9b17fef7c6805b466f93fda19a6ba92.png

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