This specimen is yet to be idendified. As seen in the next picture, the end has the appearance of a perfect, perpendicular fracture and most interestingly a series of crisscrossing "cuts" along the fracture surface. Large fossil at top right has a series of longitudinal grooves going around it. It is yet to be identified. Worthy of a museum exhibition! This solitary coral (Rugosa Coral) is about 1.75 inches in height, not counting the rock, which is 6 inches in height. It dates to the Silurian and Devonian Periods--about 395-435 million years when Maine was connected with Africa on the Equator and before the age of Dynasaurs and Mammals. It was found in the debris over a limestone bedrock outcrop about 10 miles north of Stratton, Maine, in July, 2004. This specimen is yet to be idendified. A fossil of a snail to the right of the coin., believed to be of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! A snail, yet to be dug out believed to be of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! To the right of the coin is a fairly large snail. You can detect the swirl. Believed to be of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! Coral which grows in colonies believed to be of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! Bottom--Coral which grows in colonies believed to be of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! I don't know what the item on top is, yet. Yet to be identified. The crown of a crinoid. Just to the right of it is a piece of a crinoid stem believed to be of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! To the left of the coin is a solitary coral (Rugosa Corral) believed to be of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! I have yet to determine what this is. Snails of the Silurian Period--395-430 million years ago! |
