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Description: | Specimen of a fossil coral, Thamnopora cervicornis, collected from unspecified rocks of Middle Devonian age from Petit Tor, Torquay, Devon (SW England).
Thamnopora was a colonial coral, which means that many coral animals (polyps), lived together in a group. This coral had a branched shape, and probably looked like the modern stag's horn coral. Each polyp, which looked a bit like a tiny sea anemone, lived inside a small tube made from the mineral calcite.
The specimen was found in Devon.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Anthozoa Coelenterata Classification: Animalia Invertebrata | Temporal: | Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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