Stock Photo: Rugose Fossil Corals In The Desert Of Saudi Arabia Near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Rugose corals have a skeleton made of calcite that is often fossilized. Rugose corals were invariably benthic, living on the sea floor or in a reef-framework. Some symbiotic rugose corals were endobionts of Stromatoporoidea, especially in the Silurian period.
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