Kohler Palaeontology Posted November 4 Posted November 4 (edited) Hello, I recently took a 2-week trip to Fiji because of my grandparents (both their birthdays and anniversary all happens within six days); this was my first time over-seas, and my second time on a plane, my first was to Melbourne to see Victoria the T.rex a couple of months ago. I got my Scuba Certification while at Fiji too. No photos from that unfortunately. My underwater camera could not go deep enough. so, I did 2 more dives as a mission to acquire photos, but the camera I hired was faulty , however, they gave me a full refund. But I saw sharks, turtles, colour-changing corals, and lionfish. We stayed at 3 different places around the island in those two weeks. We found a fossilized coral reef. were found at the Coral Coast; Northern Fijian islands are a little bit nicer in my opinion, but it was still great! Here is a cool coral that was around two meters long. Photo makes it look tiny. And some more fossil coral. There was A LOT of coral, too many. So, we only got photos of some of them. Anyway. Here's the ID part. I found a couple of loose rocks where I found this odd fossil. is it a coral? Or something else entirely, like a tooth? (though I doubt that) not sure. I forgot to add a scale bar. Bit tired, I just got back today. But this little object is about 4 mm long. Please let me know if better photos are required. Kind Regards, Kohler Palaeontology Edited November 4 by Kohler Palaeontology 1 3 "The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time." - Peter Benchley (author of the novel "Jaws" that inspired the 1975 hit film)
Al Dente Posted November 4 Posted November 4 9 minutes ago, Kohler Palaeontology said: I found a couple of loose rocks where I found this odd fossil. is it a coral? Or something else entirely, like a tooth? (though I doubt that) not sure. It might be a broken piece of an urchin spine. 1 1
Kohler Palaeontology Posted November 4 Author Posted November 4 @doushantuo Thank you!! "The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time." - Peter Benchley (author of the novel "Jaws" that inspired the 1975 hit film)
Kohler Palaeontology Posted November 4 Author Posted November 4 12 minutes ago, Al Dente said: It might be a broken piece of an urchin spine. It very well could be. It does seem to resemble that. Thanks for the input!! "The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time." - Peter Benchley (author of the novel "Jaws" that inspired the 1975 hit film)
Kohler Palaeontology Posted November 4 Author Posted November 4 There is a smaller fossil right next to the possible urchin spine that is around 1.5 - 2 mm long, I will send that tomorrow. "The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time." - Peter Benchley (author of the novel "Jaws" that inspired the 1975 hit film)
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