Is this a coral fossil? (Found on Penarth Beach, South Wales)

[HarryFossils]

[Rockwood]

No. This isn't coral. It may be a trace fossil, however. 

[HarryFossils]

@RockwoodThanks for the information, would you have any idea to what trace fossil this could be?

[doushantuo]

Hiya,HF

Reminiscent of microbial mat wrinkle structures

[Rockwood]

46 minutes ago, HarryFossils said:

@RockwoodThanks for the information, would you have any idea to what trace fossil this could be?

Sorry, I can't give a name for it. It just looks likes the work of infaunal sea creatures to me.

[doushantuo]

Dale is right.

If it IS a trace fossil , it might be hard/impossible to name this

[doushantuo]

Early Triassic wrinkle structures on land: stressed environments and
oases for life
Daoliang Chu, Jinnan Tong, Haijun Song, Michael J. Benton, David J. Bottjer,
Huyue Song & Li Tian

Nature, june 2015

size : nearly 8 MB

srep10109 (1).pdf

 

e,g,: fig 2a,3a

Edited November 2 by doushantuo

[HarryFossils]

@doushantuothanks for the information,  I have looked at the rock further and have noticed nearly identical patterns to the images you have sent, so I believe you are correct!