Can anyone tell me what this is?

[Trog]

This fossil is about six inches long and is in County Pot. Can anyone tell me anything about it please.

Many thanks,

Trog

 

[Les W]

Looks like it might be a rugose coral to me.

 

[langcliffe]

And me - albeit squashed.

 

[khakipuce]

Not arguing because I don't know a right lot about it but, your link says they are permian, isn't the limestone carboniferous?

 

[Les W]

My link actually says

Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas

Carboniferous Period is between those periods - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geological_column

 

[teabag]

We have a similar photo from a trip into White Scar, also concluded it was a coral.

 

[langcliffe]

We have a similar photo from a trip into White Scar, also concluded it was a coral.

There's also a fine example in the wall a few metres down the second pitch in Ireby Fell Cavern - not squashed. They got wiped out in the mass extinction at the end of the Permian, which was a bit devastating for marine life.

 

[Les W]

Looking at the picture I wonder if it is squashed or just eroded along the long axis at an angle.

 

[langcliffe]

Looking at the picture I wonder if it is squashed or just eroded along the long axis at an angle.

Yes - I think you're right. We lose the septa towards the right.

 

[graham]

 

[Glenn]

Found in a pit, by Bernard Q 

 

[owd git]

Under-cooked if you're going to eat it!

O.G.

 

[Pete K]

Looks like it might be a rugose coral to me.

I vote Rugose Coral as well

 

[Trog]

Many thanks for your help everyone!

Kate

 

[gus horsley]

It's quite likely to be Dibunophyllum as these are quite common in the limestones around Leck Fell.  If you want to see some really good specimens have a look in the streambed at Aygill Caverns, they're nicely weathered.