Coral Id please

[grg1109]

Collected from near Sharonville, Ohio...I think Devonian... by a friend...is this a Cystiphylloides americanum? Approx. 1 3/4" x 1 1/2".  The reason I ask...is I only have books from Devonian of NYS.  This is the first fossil shaped like a horn coral with this outside pattern that I've seen.  The one horn coral in my book that has this patterning is long and slender...while this is short and fat.

Greg

Edited June 21, 2021 by grg1109

[erose]

Sharonville, suburb north of Cincinnati?  If so it is Upper Ordovician, not Devonian. Check out the Dry Dredgers web site: http://www.drydredgers.org

 

and follow up with: http://strata.uga.edu/cincy/index.html

 

I am pretty sure it is the encrusting coral Protarea on a gastropod. 

[grg1109]

Thanks for the info...perhaps that is why I'm having such trouble finding id's for my fossils...some should be pretty distinct...like this brachiopod: Vinlandostrophia cypha...plus 5 more!  I've edited the "Tag".  Thanks so much for the links!

Greg

Edited June 20, 2021 by grg1109

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, a lovely Protaraea richmondensis covering a gastropod, often Cyclonema. 

The V. cypha is very yummy too.