Corals
Quite a few of the solitary horn coral, Grewingkia, were
found.
The Grewingkia horn coral below was sticking out
of the road cut as shown below. It just took a firm pull to free it. The cleaned
specimen is shown in the second picture.
Some were encased in rock and unrecoverable, as was the one
below.
This horn coral has a beautiful splay of septa, caused by
being broken half away. Nice educational specimen. That's a
crinoid columnal
from a Cincinnaticrinus pentagonus sitting next to it.
In some cases, as is shown below, fragments of horn coral that
are basically nothing but groups of septa.
Photo and specimen by Cindy Striley
Another kind of solitary horn coral we found was the smaller Streptelasma.
It has a wider opening and usually has evidence that it was attached to
something. (next two pics)
Here's one collection of Grewinkia and Streptelasma.
Photo by Cindy Striley
Another group shot. Mostly Grewingkia.
Another kind of coral found in abundance that day was the
encrusting colonial coral, Protaraea richmondensis. In the shot
below, it's covering a strophomenid Brachiopod.
And at least one specimen was found of the somewhat less
common colonial coral, Tetradium. This one is filled with calcite
crystals! Good find.
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Page 1: The Site and Collecting
Page 2: More Collecting Photos
Page 3: Fossils Found: Best Finds
Page 4: Fossils Found: Trilobites
Page 5: Fossils Found: More Trilobites
Page 6: Fossils Found: Bryozoans and Pelecypods
Page 7: Fossils Found: Brachiopods
Page 8: Fossils Found: Corals
Page 9: Fossils Found: Gastropods and Collections
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