Serially arranged sets of eight septa‐like structures occur in the basal part of phosphatic
tubes of Sphenothallus from the early Ordovician (early Floian) Fenxiang Formation in Hubei …

The matter of photosymbiosis in Paleozoic corals remains unresolved as it is not possible to
directly check for the presence of algal symbionts in fossil corals. However, present-day …

Coral reefs form the most diverse of all marine ecosystems on the Earth. Corals are among
their main components and owe their bioconstructing abilities to a symbiosis with algae …

Wellin patch reefs are small Upper Eifelian build? ups within the fine? grained argillaceous
limestone of the Hanonet Formation. Whereas the reefs themselves are not well exposed …

Aferdou el Mrakib, the largest carbonate buildup of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas, is known for its
rich, Givetian fossil assemblage, dominated by corals. The core part of the reef was either …

Recommended reference to this publication: Kershaw, S., Da Silva, A.-C. & Sendino, C.
2021. British Silurian stromatoporoids. Fauna, palaeobiology, and palaeogeographical …

Most Alcyonacea (subclass Octocorallia) have skeletons made up of small calcareous
pieces called sclerites that are difficult to both preserve and recognize, which explains the …

Petrographic analyses of silicified coral fossils from the Upper Ordovician Cutter Formation
and Silurian Fusselman Formation of New Mexico, and the Paleogene-Lower Neogene …

Secondary soft-bottom dwellers share the problem that their ancestors, attached to hard
substrates, had lost their mobility. On soft substrates, only a limited number of alternative …

В силурийских осадочных образованиях в центральной части Горного Алтая при
растворении известняков обнаружены две группы сферических образований …