Polished section through part of a colony of the tabulate coral Favosites sp.
- The vertical structures
are the edges of the narrow corallites produced by the small
individual coral polyps
- The horizontal structures
are the tabulae, marking successive positions of the top of the
corallite as it built up
- Think about the structure of this coral, and look at the samples in the lab. Was this colony adapted to live in low or high energy conditions?
Scale: see scale bar.
Grid reference: 904 286