Giant Conodont Fossil?

[sunnybunnyfeelin]

I found this rock while searching for fossils in my backyard in signal Mountain Tennessee which is right outside of Chattanooga. I have no idea what it is but started doing some research and one of the first things I came across was that this area is known to have a lot of Chattanooga shale. Then I learned that Chattanooga Shell is supposed to have lots of Conodont fossils which are known for their teeth like structures.  The pictures I found of those structures look a whole lot like this fossil.  But I’ve come to believe that that’s impossible because my fossil is about 2 inches big and I believe the Conodont fossils are very small. 
 

found this rock in a creek but it very possibly could have been brought to my lot as landscape stone decades ago. Just dont know.

 

any help is greatly appreciated!

[sunnybunnyfeelin]

More pics of the specimen including a bunch of other little fossils in other parts of it

[Al Dente]

It is a horn coral. There are some crinoid stem pieces there too.

[sunnybunnyfeelin]

Thank you so much!!!

If thats the case, ... then this must be at least 251 million years old since that is when google tells me that Horn Coral went extinct.

What a thrill!   

 

Edited April 24, 2022 by sunnybunnyfeelin

[Fossildude19]

Looks like the outcrops in the area around Chattanooga is Mississippian/Pennsylvanian in age, along with Ordovician and Cambrian.

Neat find! 

 

[Plantgrogu]

2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Looks like the outcrops in the area around Chattanooga is Mississippian/Pennsylvanian in age.

Neat find! 

 

Where can I find maps like this for my area? Very cool

[Missourian]

2 hours ago, Plantgrogu said:

Where can I find maps like this for my area? Very cool

 

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/?center=-85.255,35.034&zoom=10

[Fossildude19]

5 hours ago, Plantgrogu said:

Where can I find maps like this for my area? Very cool

 

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