Marjaton Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 This looks like a fin. Can someone ID it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 If it is in the news, why not link to the news story? The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Where was it found? To me, it looks like an eroded horn coral. Regards, Edited December 7, 2014 by Fossildude19 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...
Auspex Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Yes, it looks like an eroded section through a coral. Is it 'in the news'? I'd like to see the story. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I agree at first glance it does look like a horn. Look closer though. The "septa" run the wrong way in relation to the axis of the opening. Something seems very wrong about it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I agree at first glance it does look like a horn. Look closer though. The "septa" run the wrong way in relation to the axis of the opening. Something seems very wrong about it to me. Consider that it is a very oblique (and somewhat curved) section. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Horn coral, yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Consider that it is a very oblique (and somewhat curved) section. Okay I think I have it. It's a wide horn with the calice facing us and only partially exposed. The axis is strait into the rock with the apex being the dark spot at the top of the fossil. Right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I check the story on the internet... http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/27552457/man-picks-up-rock-and-finds-something-from-above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 the mind sees what the mind sees. I see a horn coral transverse cross section. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Pareidolia at it's best. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 ...some people may look at his rock and see it for what it is, a strange fossil from a riverbed, and in his mind, he knows that is what it is. But in his heart, Marks likes to think it is something more. It's actually a nice story 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I agree. He does readily admit that it's a fossil, but is open enough to tell what his subjective reaction about it was. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verydeadthings Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Wow, must have been a slow news day in Clinton. Although I'm sure they have a lot of those. Like others have said, I'm pretty confident it's a horn coral. This is from the Citronelle Formation, and you can find similar fossils all over this area of Louisiana. I have an earlier post with horn corals, tabulate coral, brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids, etc: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/39199-paleozoic-chert-gravel-fossils-from-bogue-chitto-river-washington-parish-citronelle-formation/#entry430367 I have quite a collection of these fossils. I've found many horn corals, but so far only one trilobite, a fragmentary pygidium: Considering my fossil is more rare in this formation, maybe I can get on the news too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B!llGa Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 It's s great looking piece!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliosaur Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Does look quite interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wow, must have been a slow news day in Clinton. Although I'm sure they have a lot of those. Like others have said, I'm pretty confident it's a horn coral. This is from the Citronelle Formation, and you can find similar fossils all over this area of Louisiana. I have an earlier post with horn corals, tabulate coral, brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids, etc: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/39199-paleozoic-chert-gravel-fossils-from-bogue-chitto-river-washington-parish-citronelle-formation/#entry430367 I have quite a collection of these fossils. I've found many horn corals, but so far only one trilobite, a fragmentary pygidium: citronelletrilobite.jpg Considering my fossil is more rare in this formation, maybe I can get on the news too Maybe you could. If you close one eye, cover the other with the palm of your hand and look at it from exactly sixteen feet away it does look like Elvis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The finder clearly states that he knows it's a fossil; the article is really about sense of wonder and imagination. 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Just goes to show that not everyone collects fossils for the same reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I wonder what the finder is thinking about all these comments.... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 For what it's worth, I know it's a coral and I can see the "angel", which makes it kind of neat. Much better than the usual "Jesus on a piece of burnt toast" thing. I'd certainly keep it if I found it, if only as a conversation piece. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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