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Benji

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Horn Coral - Middle Tennessee

05-21-2022, 04:52 PM

Hey all.......found this fossil i believe to be horn coral......found on a river gravel bar in nw middle tennessee..if you know more, let me know...hope u like.....thanks for looking

Benny / Western Highland Rim / Tennessee
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Fla.Hillbilly

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05-21-2022, 07:28 PM

nice
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Kyflintguy

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05-22-2022, 09:46 AM

Good fossil find!

Josh (Ky/Tn collector)
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oldrocks2

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05-25-2022, 10:45 PM

Nice piece of coral. It's a Rugosa type and lived during the Ordovician into the Permian.

SE IA
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Cecilia

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06-04-2022, 08:28 AM

Yay! I had rock for yrs before noticed it had “teeth”. Mine also rugosa, but formed inverse fossilization. (What’s inside appears out)

Digging in GA, ‘bout a mile from the Savannah River
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