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Description: | This solitary coral (one that doesn't share a skeleton structure with other corals) lives on its own) has a cone-shaped skeleton; the specimen shows the broad upper surface of the skeleton. The hollow was occupied by the living coral polyp that was similar to sea anemone, with a mouth in the centre of a ring of tentacles, which it used to capture small animals as food. The internal structure of the coral skeleton is clearly visible radiating septa (walls) extend from the central axis to the margin of the coral. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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