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This fossil looking thing is very weird. It seems as if it has white scales on it, and squares all over it. Even weirder is this stair case looking thing on the other side, probably by corrosion. But it looks like it has a cubic lattice structure but I don’t know. This was found in the USA, it was found in Michigan.

 

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The USA is quite large. You may wish to be more precise in terms of state and county level. 

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  • Fossildude19 changed the title to I can’t figure out what this strange looking fossil is.

Looks like a tabulate coral.

What kind and how old depends on where it was found = State, County.

 

Looks similar to Favosites sp.

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I agree it's a favositid coral, very probably a species of Favosites itself.

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16 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Looks like a tabulate coral.

What kind and how old depends on where it was found = State, County.

 

Looks similar to Favosites sp.

 

7 minutes ago, TqB said:

I agree it's a favositid coral, very probably a species of Favosites itself.

I agree, thank you.

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It's against the rules to discuss values on the forum...

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Do you know if it is rare?

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14 minutes ago, Maximus the rock hunter said:

Do you know if it is rare?

Nope, but extremely cool! Good find

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