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Ordovician Stromatoporoid
Stromatoporoids are calcareous sponges. “Stroms” can be massive, tabular, cylindrical, encrusting, arm-shaped or even in a chocolate-drop shape. You can click on these pictures to truly see the “brick-like” cell structure of this specimen. MUST READ! This goes through in detail the difference between the Stromatoporoids and the Stromatolites which can look similar but are … Continue reading
Categories: Sponges, Sponges, Whats This?!
Tags: Ordovician Sponge, Ordovician Stromatoporoid, Stromatoporoid, Stromatoporoid sponge
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DUST N BONES Hunts Fillmore County
DUST N BONES is a new TFF member from St. Paul, MinnesOta – accent on the “O”. 😀 A 13 year-old budding paleontologist, his parents brought him down to Fillmore County to do some fossil hunting. And fossil hunt we did! I showed them at least 20 sites to hunt fossils, they knew about 3 … Continue reading