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Sponge or Coral?

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Hi, I found this rock in my yard today and would like to know if it could be a fossilized sponge or fossilized coral? My yard is in the Mississippian with St. Louis Limestone & Warsaw Limestone. Thanks. ~ Tracey 

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I'm inclined to believe it is a coral, maybe something in the line of Syringoporidae.

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