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Description: | Specimen of a fossil coral, Thamnopora cristata, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation (?) of Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age from Dudley, West Midlands (Midland England).
Silurian corals, like their present day descendants, show many different growth forms. Some grew in large colonies and formed cushion-shaped mounds. Others grew solitary cone-shaped skeletons. Thamnopora is an example of a colonial coral which grew branch-like skeletons. These were small fragile corals and may have lived in the more sheltered parts of the Silurian reef.
The specimen was found in West Midlands.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Anthozoa Coelenterata Classification: Animalia Invertebrata | 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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