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  • What are these fossils?

    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?

  • #2
    Not sure what they are but those are nice. That last one is super cool. Thanks for sharing.

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    • #3
      looks like coral to me. Horn and some other...?
      Professor Shellman
      Tampa Bay

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      • #4
        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.

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        Last edited by CMD; 01-13-2019, 10:38 AM.
        Rhode Island

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        • #5
          Thats cool as can be .Thanks for the education!

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