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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: pbbaucum on 08/05/2009 21:28:37

Title: What kind of coral is this?
Post by: pbbaucum on 08/05/2009 21:28:37

Found on a beach in Pensacola, Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. Among ship ballast featuring Spanish cement.
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Title: What kind of coral is this?
Post by: RD on 09/05/2009 04:55:37

Heliolites ?

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[Frethack (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=6347) knows more about fossils than I].

Title: What kind of coral is this?
Post by: pbbaucum on 09/05/2009 06:22:28

Thank you.