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  • sammy miller posted a new specimen. 1 year, 12 months ago

    1 year, 12 months ago
    1 year, 12 months ago

    sammy miller has contributed specimen mFeM 124163 to myFOSSIL!

    • Can anyone tell me what kind of rock this is.

    • Finally found out what it is: Favosites is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the common name “honeycomb coral”).[1] The walls between corallites are pierced by pores known as mural pores which allowed transfer of nutrients between polyps. Favosites, like many corals, thrived in warm sunlit seas, feeding by filtering microscopic plankton with their stinging tentacles and often forming part of reef complexes.[2] The genus had a worldwide distribution from the Late Ordovician to Late Permian.[3]

    • Awesome information! Thanks for sharing😊