Fossil something-or-other
Posted:
Jun 28, 2007 8:37 am
by GypsumWolf
This is in Raccoon Mountain Caverns. I don't know what it is.
Posted:
Jun 28, 2007 8:40 am
by Squirrel Girl
Looks like a colonial tabulate coral, if I remember from about 20 years ago!!!!
here is the
Posted:
Jun 28, 2007 9:03 am
by GypsumWolf
Thanks your smart
Here is the Tabulate Coral on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabulata
Posted:
Jun 28, 2007 6:25 pm
by George Dasher
I think it is some kind of coral.
Or freshly ground hamburger...
Posted:
Jun 28, 2007 10:13 pm
by gillip
It is definately a tabulate coral. It looks like Syringopora sp., which is very common in Mississippian Ls.
A suggestion.
Posted:
Aug 8, 2007 9:09 am
by Larry E. Matthews
I vote for coral, too.
But, it would have been very helpful to have some kind of scale in the photograph. Even a finger would do.
Did you ask Patty Perlaky, the cave manager? She has a degree in geology.
Larry E. Matthews
NSS #6792-F