Horn fossil?

[beetle662]

Found in my plug while metal detecting in Southwestern Ohio. Any help with ID, age would be greatly appreciated!

 

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[tamrock]

I found this online with this description. Not sure that's what you have.

Corals​

Are made up of small invertebrate animals, known as zooids, that look like tiny sea anemones. They feed on small food particles they find in the water around them.

Together, many zooids form colonies, many colonies form reefs. Coral reefs can be massive structures, stretching hundreds of miles. The Great Barrier Reef in northern Australia can be seen from space.

The oldest coral fossils are over 500 million years old. The earliest forms were different from those we see today and they died out 225 million years ago. Modern corals are still common in tropical oceans.

 

[beetle662]

I found this online with this description. Not sure that's what you have.

Corals​

Are made up of small invertebrate animals, known as zooids, that look like tiny sea anemones. They feed on small food particles they find in the water around them.

Together, many zooids form colonies, many colonies form reefs. Coral reefs can be massive structures, stretching hundreds of miles. The Great Barrier Reef in northern Australia can be seen from space.

The oldest coral fossils are over 500 million years old. The earliest forms were different from those we see today and they died out 225 million years ago. Modern corals are still common in tropical oceans.

Thanks!

 

[smokeythecat]

It does look like a horn coral. Most are from the Devonian period. Nice find.

 

[Pirategirl]

Found in my plug while metal detecting in Southwestern Ohio. Any help with ID, age would be greatly appreciated!

Found in my plug while metal detecting in Southwestern Ohio. Any help with ID, age would be greatly appreciated!

Hi, nice find & it is horn coral. I was up that way over the summer fossil hunting. That region is part of the Cincinnati Arch - world famous strata of rocks full of Ordovician Period fossils. Older than any dinosaur, in the Paleozoic Era , 450 million years ago! Attaching a pic of the pamphlet I picked up at Ceasar State Park - happy hunting!