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Coral: Syringopora Goldfuss

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Colour image of magnified brown rock with pits and bubble-like markings
Coral: Syringopora Goldfuss. Silurian. Quinn Point, New Brunswick. Collector: G.A. Young. New Brunswick Museum (NBMG 14082). Specimen width 8 cm. Coral reefs were common in the warm shallow seas of the Silurian Period. Fossils of tabulate and rugose coral are found in fossil deposits around the world.