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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 11 months ago
3 years, 11 months ago3 years, 11 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 11 months ago
Kristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Hi there, @kristen-cotiaux @samantha-ocon might be able to help you identify this! If you could, uploading the second picture with a scale would be useful as well!
Hi, @Kristen-cotiaux, this also appears to be a polyp from a scleractinian coral.
@mackenzie-ross-2 @samantha-ocon I left all my fossils in Wilmington 🤦🏻♀️ but when I go back sometime next month I will take more images and redo some images.
@mackenzie-ross-2 I guess my penny isn’t cutting it for scale 😅 but type of measurement device would you recommend as far as cm, mm, in, etc or am I thinking too hard about this
@kristen-cotiaux coins can be great for scale, but the best is always something with measurement, especially for a research grade photo! Here’s a short video on taking research grade photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF4dx0HHvWI. In this case, cm should be fine!
Okay, update, @kristen-cotiaux, after some googling, I think this might be from the family Flabellidae. Google, and if you agree with me, it would be really useful if you updated the taxonomy to reflect this. Kingdom -> Animalia, Phylum -> Cnidaria, Class -> Anthozoa, Order -> Scleractinia, Family -> Flabellidae.
I think you’re right. Would you be willing to view this article I found pertaining to 3 similar organisms? Latypov, YuriYa.. “A Solitary Deep-Water Corals of the Scleractinian of the Vietnamese Shelf.” American Journal of Zoological Research 2.1 (2014): 5-15.
@samantha-ocon there are 3 pictures that have similar organisms