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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoRebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoRebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Crinoid stem?
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That’s what I was thinking. Is there a way to narrow down identification further?
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Hey @rebecca-oloughlin ! These appear to be horn corals.
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Looks like you might have collected these from the Pahasapa Limestone Formation, which is Mississippian in age.
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So, they are likely Mississippian horn corals. You can see the calices and septal grooves on several of your specimens.
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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…
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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!
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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!!!!
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Thank you, Mackenzie!
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoRebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoRebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoMatthew, some of the google searches I did called the siphonophyllia a rugose. Is that others being just as new as I am, or are they related?
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoSweet! I think you are right again! The fossils I have are definitely curved, which is why I thought horn coral, but the siphonophyillia looks just like it, in size plus it’s common in the area I found it in. Thank you!
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoRebecca O'Loughlin has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi there @rebecca-oloughlin, very cool find! Do you have specifics about the site where it was found? That can help narrow down the geochron and the ID. Uploading photos of this specimen with a numerical scale can help as well!
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Mackenzie, do you mean a picture next to a ruler? The specimen was found at the beach about 10 minutes west from Yeats grave. The beach doesn’t have a name on the map, but it’s pretty much right there.
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Something like Chinese writing stone-
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Varsha-Rai, I do see the resemblance, thank you for the ideas. I just had a lot of fun researching Chinese writing stones. Chinese writing stones are not around Sligo, at least I could find out, though. Coral fossils, however, are in abundance.
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Also, you sparked some keywords for me that helped me identify the fossil. So glad to have the info!
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I have a specimen almost exactly like this, from Shanklin iow. I think it is a worm burrow fossil.
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Or Are you referring to another one of my fossils? The one that looks like a worm tube? Crazily enough, it’s actually a worm snail shell, and you can tell this by the fact that it has three layers and shiny on the inside. The worm tube is dull on the inside and made of only two layers…
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no I mean this one but them shells are weird!
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I might be wrong though
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It’s an interesting suggestion, but the fossil resembles the Syringopora that are found in abundance in Sligo. I’m not seeing worm burrows that look like mine, which seems too uniform. I’ll have to check out your fossil if you have it posted.
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I’ll post it soon pls help me identify!!!!!!!!
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when I post
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Thanks for your confidence in me, but I am very amateur when it comes to fossils. I do love them though, they are both fascinating and beautiful. I look forward to seeing your specimens!
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don’t worry I’ve Been hunting for a little while but I’m still an ameatuer. I love fossils and I always try to find out more about them too mainly from books
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Looks like an concretion, basically rock incased in rock; formed often during volcanic explosions.
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Very hard igneous
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoAlso, you sparked some keywords for me that helped me identify the fossil. So glad to have the info!
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoVarsha-Rai, I do see the resemblance, thank you for the ideas. I just had a lot of fun researching Chinese writing stones. Chinese writing stones are not around Sligo, at least I could find out, though. Coral fossils, however, are in abundance.
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThank you, Mackenzie!
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoMatthew, 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…
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago3 years, 9 months agoThat’s what I was thinking. Is there a way to narrow down identification further?
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Rebecca O'Loughlin posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago3 years, 9 months agoMackenzie, do you mean a picture next to a ruler? The specimen was found at the beach about 10 minutes west from Yeats grave. The beach doesn’t have a name on the map, but it’s pretty much right there.
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Gorgeous coral