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Life Sciences => Marine Science => Topic started by: Iwonda on 17/02/2020 05:18:31

Title: What type of marine organism is this?
Post by: Iwonda on 17/02/2020 05:18:31

Came across these things while digging some old gastropod and bivalves out of some sandstone boulders that were found out in the desert. These things are very small, some less than a millimeter in size, they appear to be some sort of colony connected by a web like structure. Are these some sort of diatom, bryozoan or maybe radiolarians? The structure is about 8mm x 10 mm x 0.50mm. They appear to be embedded in what looks like some sort of resin. I'm told that the fossils found in these stones are between 2.5 - 55 million years [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  [ Invalid Attachment ]  old.

Title: Re: What type of marine organism is this?
Post by: Zer0 on 03/04/2021 20:41:38

Hiya @Iwonda

Lecanactis Abientina?
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P.S. - Wait a minute, Did ya say Desert???
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Title: Re: What type of marine organism is this?
Post by: Iwonda on 04/04/2021 04:13:27

Quote from: Zer0 on 03/04/2021 20:41:38

Hiya @Iwonda

Lecanactis Abientina?
🤔

P.S. - Wait a minute, Did ya say Desert???

Hiya back at ya
Not sure but I don't think this is a fungi or lichen, this was something that lived in the deep ocean. It was found inside a sandstone boulder that was littered with some very old gastropods and bivalves.