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Riannon Colton posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 7 months ago
2 years, 7 months ago2 years, 7 months agoWhat type of fossil is this? Found in White River National Forest, CO
Riannon Colton posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 7 months ago
What type of fossil is this? Found in White River National Forest, CO
Likely some kind of sponge or coral. Try researching the age of the rock you found it in and what animals lived there at the time to find a match.
Probably coral. As @a-trilobite says, you’ll need to figure out the formation it came from to get a better idea of the age and what fossils have been documented. Macrostrat is helpful: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.3/x=-106.7108/y=39.5487/bedrock/lines/ The White River National Forest is large and is very geologically complicated, with Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous formations.
@a-trilobite and @patrick-hsieh I figured out it’s in the Leadville limestone layer!! I will see if I can find a match!! Thank you!!!
Update us if you find anything, I’m curious to see what this is
Looks like a horn coral to me. GREAT FIND!!!! It’s extended and the tentacles are out! No one finds that!
Rugose coral possibly. (Horn coral)
@marion-marshall wow really? That’s super cool!!! Thank you!!
And @charles-du thank you so much!!!
@a-trilobite look at the comments above!!!!
Wow, tentacles are so rare I didn’t even consider that! Nice find!