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Vacation Explorers from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 4 months ago 4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoFossil coral as part of a brick in a landscaping wall in Miami. #fossil
MacKenzie Smith posted an image in the group Vacation Explorers from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 4 months ago
Fossil coral as part of a brick in a landscaping wall in Miami. #fossil
Wow! Nice fossil! 🙂
Hi would you mind identifying a fossil coral or plant for me?
Hi @jason-humphreys this is coral. Southern Florida was intermittently underwater throughout the Pliocene and Pleistocene (for about the last 5 Ma). The small lines within the larger swirls are septa (a coral structure) which we don’t see in plants. Also, coral is already mineralized (calcium carbonate) whereas in plants, mineralization is incredibly rare (Celtis (sugarberry) fruits).