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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoRebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
Rebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Crinoid stem?
That’s what I was thinking. Is there a way to narrow down identification further?
Hey @rebecca-oloughlin ! These appear to be horn corals.
Looks like you might have collected these from the Pahasapa Limestone Formation, which is Mississippian in age.
So, they are likely Mississippian horn corals. You can see the calices and septal grooves on several of your specimens.
Matthew, thank you! I think you might be right. I have another specimen where the horn part is less visible, but looks like it could be possibly flowering at the top. I should have included pictures of it…
Hi @rebecca-oloughlin, cool find! If you would like to update the lithostrat and geochron with @matthew-gramling‘s info that would be awesome! Yo can also update the Phylum to Cnidaria Class to Anthozoa Kingdom to Animalia and Order to Rugosa!
Most welcome @rebecca-oloughlin! I’ve collected quite a few rugose corals over that last year, so your specimens looked quite familiar. Also, thank you for the taxonomy data @mackenzie-ross-2!!!!
Thank you, Mackenzie!