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Would you be able to ID this for me. It was found in South Bend Indiana so chances are it isn't from around here but dropped off by a glacier a few years back. Also, I wet it down so the features can be better seen. Any ideas? Thank you.

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I think the answer lies within the circle, I just don't know what that is. I've also included a side picture.

 

 

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Sorry, can not see anything definitive in the circled area.

However, I get a somewhat tabulate coral feeling on your specimen. But I am not sure, if it is more like a favositid coral (1st pic) or more like a thamnopor(o)id coral (2nd pic and bottom of 4th pic). Maybe there are both in this specimen?

Bryozoans can not be excluded, but I think, the "tubes" are a little bit too large for that.

 

Favositid:

Favosites styriacus. Plabutsch-formation (Devonian-Eifelian). Hohe Rannach Mt., north of Graz, Styria, Austria. Length of pocket knife is 9 cm. 05/26/2018.

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Thamnopor(o)id:

Thamnopora reticulataPlabutsch-formation (Devonian-Eifelian). North of Hohe Rannach Mt., north of Graz, Styria, Austria. 05/21/2018.

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Franz Bernhard

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2 hours ago, FranzBernhard said:

However, I get a somewhat tabulate coral feeling on your specimen. But I am not sure, if it is more like a favositid coral (1st pic) or more like a thamnoporoid coral (2nd pic and bottom of 4th pic).

Thank you! You have expanded my vocabulary. I will look those up.

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I get a coral vibe from this also. There's a lot going on so it may be two or more and bits of other things as well, but mostly coral.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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