Daily Archives: February 20, 2011

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A honeycomb coral (Upper Ordovician of southern Indiana)

Polygons are common in nature, whether in two dimensions as desiccation cracks or in three dimensions as with columnar basalt. They result from “closely-packed” disks or tubes. The honeycomb coral (Favosites Lamarck 1816) is one of the best fossil examples … Continue reading

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