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Name:
Common name:
Family / Genus / Binom / Author:
Heliolitidae → Heliolites → Heliolites spec. → Dana, 1846
Location:
Geological Age:
Silurian [si], Wenlock [siw], Visby Marl / approx. 430 million years
Size of the fossil:
Length: 5,9 cm
Diameter: 7,8 cm
Weight:
Fossil coral from the approximately 430 million year old Wenlock series of the Silurian period. Heliolites lived in reefs, but also on softer ground. Nowhere else in the world can you find fossils of Silurian coral reefs with an enormous age of 430 million years in such fantastic condition. The fossil was found by the author and comes from the island of Gotland in Sweden near the town of Irevik.
