CarboniferousCorals (Phylum Cnidaria)
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Description: Information on rugose and tabulate coral fossils found in Carboniferous limestone with photographs of Amplexus coralloides, Syringopora and Dibunophylum bipartitium.
© Craven & Pendle Geological Society Corals are marine animals related to the jellyfish and sea anemone. They are a soft bodied animal (polyp) that lived in a calcareous skeleton (corallum). There are three groups (or orders) - Rugosa, Tabulata and Scleractinia. Tabulate and Rugose corals are commonly found in our Carboniferous limestone. They can be either compound or single often possessing a cylindrical body. In life they would have had a central mouth surrounded by a ring of tentacles. The growth of the coral is reflected in the development of the skeleton. Corals in fact began to dominate as early as the late Precambrian i.e. in the Ediacaran Period.
Size: 675 chars
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