Found these a couple years ago on another shelf rock creek in Callaway County, MO. Was told they were coral but never what species.Last picture was a fossil I found in a creek in SE MO. What do i have?
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Yes, horn corals, and likely other coral types, and the last one is a crinoid column, or stem, showing how it was flexible. Crinoids are sometimes called sea lillies. That column in your last photo anchored the animal to the sea floor, with a crown atop the crinoid column.
Last edited by CMD; 01-13-2019, 10:38 AM.Rhode Island
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