New Members craftycat Posted May 5, 2015 New Members Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hello! I am new to this and unfortunately fairly uneducated on the subject. This was found near Nashville, TN and I have no idea what it is. I have been trying to find photos of similar looking fossils or objects and have not seen anything like it. I'm much more familiar with coastal fossils and this doesn't appear to be the average early sea creature fossil (my terminology is deplorable). To my uneducated eye, it most closely resembles a tooth (perhaps a molar as I put in the title). It could just as easily be something entirely different. Again, please forgive my ignorance. Underneath the dirt it appears to be a milky-white/gray color. Across the top as pictured below, the object is approx. 3.3cm On each projection coming down from the top, there are ridges that form into a ring almost resembling a fingerprint. This side, the longest point of the object, is approx. 3cm. Thank you so much for your help! I love a good mystery and a good round of discussion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hi! and welcome to the Forum. You have found a top half of a Horn Coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkus Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Looks like a solitary coral to me. That bottom pic is pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kkoz Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 It appears to be a section of horn coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members craftycat Posted May 5, 2015 Author New Members Share Posted May 5, 2015 Thank you all so much! That was a lot of help and also an exceptionally fast response! Hopefully this bodes well to me finding more fossils in my usual nature jaunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 ...Hopefully this bodes well to me finding more fossils in my usual nature jaunts. Once you start looking down, there's no looking back "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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