New Members msrobbins2000 Posted November 10, 2015 New Members Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) Hello. This was found in Centerville, TN (Central TN). Some sort of coral? Thank you. Edited November 10, 2015 by msrobbins2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Possibly a coral but sharper photos would be more revealing. Can you reshoot this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I see septa in a couple of the 'cups', so yes, it is coral. Sharper images might allow an expanded ID. "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...
New Members msrobbins2000 Posted November 10, 2015 Author New Members Share Posted November 10, 2015 These should work better. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Colonial rugose coral " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members msrobbins2000 Posted November 10, 2015 Author New Members Share Posted November 10, 2015 Ordovician–Permian period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 This is typical of the Mississippian corals found in Alabama and Tennessee. It may be one of the Caninia species described by Easton in 1943 (Journal of Paleontology 17:276-280). However, thin sections are generally required to confidently ID corals. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 These should work better. Thank you! Aha! Beautiful! And yep, I agree with the others and you: coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 That type of coral is very common in Kentucky also. It is more than likely Acrocyathus, which is a type of rugose mound coral. It was previously known as Lithostrotion. It is the index fossil for the Saint Louis Limestone of the Slade Formation. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members JLM1959 Posted November 11, 2015 New Members Share Posted November 11, 2015 Dear, msrobbins2000, What are the dimensions of this beauty (i.e. weight, circumference)? Although the photos could be misleading, looks a quite bigger than we are used to seeing? - Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I agree with Howard "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members msrobbins2000 Posted November 12, 2015 Author New Members Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thank you for all of the info! Weight- 9 lb Circumference- 24 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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