makoken Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Are these coral ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I have LOADS of them and I'm at a loss what they are as well.. someone PLEASE answer. I always thought fish teeth.. but I'm clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Me and my daughter have found some of those down in the Sulphur. I thought they were a type of coral. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Me and my daughter have found some of those down in the Sulphur. I thought they were a type of coral. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I can't find any referance on them though. They seem to be fairly common, so it must be published somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I can't find any referance on them though. They seem to be fairly common, so it must be published somewhere. Ken . . . How about a close-up image of one or two representative specimens. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Ken . . . How about a close-up image of one or two representative specimens. Hopefully these are a little better, and closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 they are solitary corals, i couldnt tell you the species let alone the genus... "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 they are solitary corals, i couldnt tell you the species let alone the genus... Thanks, Hopefully someone will be able to provide that info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yay, glad to know. I have a jar full of ones smaller than pictured. I asked someone else once and they said fish tooth... better off knowing the real ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yay, glad to know. I have a jar full of ones smaller than pictured. I asked someone else once and they said fish tooth... better off knowing the real ID. Turbinolia pharetra The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Turbinolia pharetra Thanks John, I can know do a little reseach on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yes, thank you. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Turbinolia pharetra A picture to go with John's ID, HERE. This should also help ou ID some of your other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 A picture to go with John's ID, HERE. This should also help ou ID some of your other stuff. That's great. there have been a couple that I have'nt been able to i.d. Thank's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 A picture to go with John's ID, HERE. This should also help ou ID some of your other stuff. EWWWWW! AHHHHH! Very nice, Mike! Thanks for the info. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Nicholas, how many on MikeD's link page do you have? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Nicholas, how many on MikeD's link page do you have? at least 8 that are listed. Possibly 9, and many minerals too quartz and calcite crystals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Turbinolia pharetra Ah, Turbinola phartra I. Lea, 1833. That little rascal coral is scattered all over the U.S. Gulf Coast Eocene. I think it may also be found in the U.K. Eocene Barton Beds and the Paris Basin. I have collected that coral at several localities in Alabama including the Type locality at Claiborne Bluff on the Alabama River, Mississippi, Lousiana, and in three Counties in Texas. Even more interesting than the coral is the fellow who first described the fossil in 1833, Isaacs Lea. See this link, http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/lhl/dsb/page.103.php, to read about the very gifted amateur Naturalist to describe this and thousands of other undescribed species of both fossils and living organisms. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pristiformes Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I've found a bunch of those little corals out of some Stone City Formation (Eocene) material I got from SilverPhoenix a month of so ago. It's nice to know what they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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