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Description: | A fossil rugose coral identified as Acervularia ananas. The specimen has three main corallites with good septa around a central 7mm circular depression covered in 'mat-like' bryozoa. The coral is preserved within a fossiliferous limestone mud matrix. The matrix contains brachiopod fragments including Rhychotreta cuneata, bryozoa and crinoid stem ossicles. AR/CB
A fossil rugose coral identified as Acervularia ananas, which is about 425 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Geology Palaeontology | Temporal: | Silurian - Wenlock - Homerian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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