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Found this one in Copenhagen, Louisiana....Eocene area...any help would be appreciated.

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jpc has it right, Flabellum

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I agree, it's a scleractinian coral of family Flabellidae, which superficially resembles a horn coral. They lived in different time periods: the horn corals (rugose corals) in the Paleozoic era, from Ordovician to Permian; the scleractinians from the Mesozoic onward.

The specimen in question looks to be very close to Placotrochus sp.

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Hi Katylyn,I think what I can see,its index a Flabellum coral. Looks a pretty nice piece.It belongs I believe to the family Flabellidae.

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