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Description: | Specimen of a fossil coral, Frachastrea goldfussi, collected from unspecified rocks of Middle Devonian age from Ramsley Quarry, Ogwen, Devon (SW England). Collected by William Pengelly.
Frechastraea goldfussi was a colonial coral, which means that many tiny coral animals, also known as polyps, which looked a bit like sea anemones, lived together in a corallum, a structure made of the mineral calcite. Each polyp lived inside a tube like structure, known as a corallite. Corals usually lived in warm, clear shallow water.
The specimen was found in Devon.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | William Anthozoa Coelenterata Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Pengelly | 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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