Favosite coral but what species

[Kato]

Hi, I'm pretty sure this is a favosite coral but how does one determine the species? It was found in a middle Pennsylvanian formation. I had to leave the base of this coral until I can go back with some tools to hopefully successfully remove it.

 

Measurement is 100mm x 80mm and 70mm tall.  Any coral experts out there to narrow this down?

 

Thank you, Kato

[Fossildude19]

Please remember to add the details of location and formation to the body of your posts.

Most people miss the tags, which are there to assist the Forum search functionality.

[Kato]

9 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Please remember to add the details of location and formation to the body of your posts.

Most people miss the tags, which are there to assist the Forum search functionality.

 

Hi, Tim.  I put in New Mexico, Sacramento Mountains, Beeman Formation for the tags and then added middle Pennsylvanian in the body of my post. The formations here are not specifically named. The formation I found it in would be in the lowest part of the Beeman Formation (which has hundreds of individual layers) and is about 1 meter above the Gray Mesa Formation. Should I get specific down to that level in the future? Maybe add closest city?

 

 

[Fossildude19]

County or closest city is good.

Not looking for  gps coordinates or anything. Just help to narrow down possible formations and faunal lists for those.

 

People gloss over the tags, so it is best practice to add to body of the post as well.

[DPS Ammonite]

It is likely Michelinia which is common in the SW US. Look for cross section to see shape of tabulae. Favosites have horizontal tabulae that go across the entire coralite. Michelinia have overlapping convex upward tabellae (in red) like the ones shown in the paper by De Baets

 

Zlíchovian faunas with early ammonoids from Morocco and their use for the correlation of the eastern Anti-Atlas and the western Dra Valley 
DE BAETS K, KLUG C, PLUSQUELLEC Y, Bulletin of Geosciences, Vol 85, No 2, pages 317 - 352
http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/img/pdficon_small.gifdownload PDF (6.01 MB)

 

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Structure-of-Michelinia-mdaourensis-sp-nov-camera-lucida-drawing-from-thin-section-A_fig4_232318115

 

 

 

See horizontal tabulae in Favosites: 

https://fossillady.com/tag/honeycomb-coral/