New Members Eucalyptus Posted July 30 New Members Share Posted July 30 Hello all, I have never started a topic on any website so I hope I do this the right way. I can't tell what this is, it has the general appearance of a mushroom cap, and is definitely a fossil of something. I'd love some thoughts on this. I am in Missouri, and I found this in amongst the rock that was put around our home. The object is about 2 1/2 cm tall, just over 3 cm long, and 3 cm wide. White/grey in color. If you look closely at the "top umbrella side" , the convex side, it looks to have lines going all the way around. And the "bottom side" is concave and has the most obvious fossil part showing. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Rugosa coral - aka horn coral. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I agree. A very worn rugose coral. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 It could be a horn (solitary) rugose coral, but some branching colonial forms were sort of segmented. Growth could often vary with the conditions at the time. I can see this being one of those segments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Eucalyptus Posted July 31 Author New Members Share Posted July 31 Thanks everyone, I'm glad to have gotten a better understanding of what we found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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