GordonC Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 The scenic east coast of Ireland has circa 320 mya outcrops. We found coral fossils around a lake near Sligo. The Liscannor Flagstone trace fossils and what looks like coral, top center, in the steps at Cliffs of Moher: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Very nice! Those corals really close together, near the top of the second pic, were known as Lithostrotion, I think, but the name has changed if I recall correctly. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 The branching lithostrotionids are now mostly Siphonodendron and Diphyphyllum. I think that one's a Diphyphyllum but you need closeups and the branching pattern to be sure. The traces are beautiful! 5 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, TqB said: The branching lithostrotionids are now mostly Siphonodendron and Diphyphyllum. I think that one's a Diphyphyllum but you need closeups and the branching pattern to be sure. The traces are beautiful! Yup, that was it! You told me before but I forgot. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Just now, Tidgy's Dad said: Yup, that was it! It's not a very sensible separation but we're stuck with it for now - you can sometimes get colonies of Lithostrotion with branching areas indistinguishable from Siphonodendron... (Same with Actinocyathus/Lonsdaleia and others.) 4 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I remember seeing all of those trace fossils at the Cliffs of Moher. Nice pictures, Gordon! Thanks for showing us. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sTamprockcoin Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I saw them too but it was 30 years ago when i was in my mid teens and long forgotten. The others on my trip were constantly on my case to " stop looking down, look up to see pretty things", the only rock I collected cut and got stuck in the bottom of my foot, causing an infection that sent me to the ER in Limerick. Thanks for refreshing my memories. “Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.” N. Steno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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