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Fossil coral

Cladocora sp

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Description:

A fossilized coral of the Cladocora family, from the Pliocene, spotted, photographed and collected at Agia Marina beach, Stylida Greece. These findings are very common, in the beaches around the country, and are very popular among people who collect seashells, wood and semiprecious stones.

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Cladocora, File:Cladocora.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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Comments (5)
injica
Oh that pretty impressive! :) We have some marine creatures fossils but there are more like 20 to 25 000 years old, this is amazing!
DespinaTsafetopoulou
According to wiki, "the period in the geologic timescale extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present"... So they're pretty old :D And thank you, I plan to snap some pics during my visit, and post them in my personal blog...I love museums!
injica
Great, wish you an exciting visit to the museum :) do you know approximately how old they are?
DespinaTsafetopoulou
I only pick up the bigger ones, dear Injica...And this one was one of the biggest, because even if they are fossils, they're still very fragile... (I am going to the local museum of natural history today, I hope I'll see even bigger ones!)
injica
Beautiful :) especially among the rocks, fits like an ornament for the beach!

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PublishedApril 10, 2013

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