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Description: | Specimen of a fossil coral, a Chain Coral, Halysites catenularius, collected from unspecified rocks of Silurian, Wenlock age from U.S.A.. Collected by Rev G.C. Abbs.
Corals are very common in the Silurian limestones of America. The common name for this example is 'Chain Coral' as the corallites (each individual section of coral) are joined end to end and look like the links of a chain. This fossil is also common in the Silurian rocks of the same age in England.
The specimen was found in USA.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Anthozoa Coelenterata Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Abbs G.C. Rev | Temporal: | Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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