Colonial Coral ?
- Thread starter Charmin
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. I think this is some kind of coral but just as soon as I say that, it will be something else.
jrsherman
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Honestly I would think coral too, as it is my understanding that in todays coral, the polyp lives in a very small tube, and builds up just like a tube worm does, little by little. That would match perfect with the little holes in each tube, but I'll wait patiently for the experts!
naturegirl
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That's a neat one, good pictures too! I'll be watching....
Charmin
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Thanks naturegirl---I had a hard time getting the camera to focus on those little holes.naturegirl said:
I found a similar one on the Kansas fossil website(http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/ancient/f08_corals.html )called an "auloporid". Here's a picture from the website and a brief description:
Another form of coral is colonial, a simple example of which is auloporid on the left in the photo above. Lacking in internal skeletal features, each successive trumpet-shaped individual or "corralite" directly builds from its parent predecessor in a manner termed budding.
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LanceHall
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Maybe "syringopora"?
Charmin
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Yes, maybe soLanceHall said:
. It says "Syringopora grew as individuals not a true colony coral. They built their tubes close and joined together with small connecting tubes."......From the website http://www.catnapin.com/Fossil/CoralReef/ffCoral.htm .Thanks LanceHall
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