Calamophyllia Coral Fossil

This picture is of a Calamophyllia sp. coral fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Corals like this existed in the Jurassic Period. The fossil was found in Monte Serra Colle Rufigno Bugnara Abruzzo Italy.







Learn more about the museum at: http://www.dst.uniroma1.it/musei/museo_paleontologia/index.htm








Image taken in June 2014.

Learn more about this type of fossil at University of Bristol site: http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/palaeofiles/fossilgroups/anthozoa/record.html