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Favosites

A common types of mound-shaped colonial tabulate coral found in Kentucky is Favosites. These corals commonly form mounds several inches, to several feet in diameter. In the detail on the right, a large favostid mound is exposed in cross section and the corallite (tubular chambers) are exposed. These examples are from the Falls of the Ohio, but similar corals are found in other Paleozoic strata as well.

Favistella stellata (Hall)

This small Favistella coral was found in Ordovician strata. The close-up photograph shows the shape and arrangement of corralites (holes), in which the coral animals (polyps) lived when the coral was alive. The scale on the picture to the left is in centimeters. Collected by Gabe Jones, an amateur collector, in Lexington. Identified by Alan Goldstein.

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