Lithostrotion, coral
Shown here is a Carboniferous coral. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum
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10703600
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47584863
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Anthozoa Anthozoan Calcareous Calcium Carbonate Carboniferous Cnidaria Cnidarian Coelenterata Coelenterate Coral Mineral Paleozoic Phanerozoic Polyp
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