Lonsdaleia, coral
Shown here is the Carboniferous coral, Lonsdaleia. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum
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10703599
Media ID
47584830
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5776px x 4500px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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