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Hi guys , yesterday i found this in wenlock edge (uk) , can be a really big coral? I've got just this picture right now, I will post a better one when I'll be at home.

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It blows up quite well when you click it and go full size - it's a Favosites, probably F. multipora (formerly gothlandicus)(because that's the usual one, not because I know how to diagnose the species.)

 

 

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1 hour ago, Beth929 said:

Wow, very cool. So "coral head" means the whole fossil is coral and there is no matrix?

It's a somewhat vernacular term to characterize an entire colony of globose coral.  I'm not sure if this one is the entire colony, but if not, it's a good size chunk :)

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