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Favosites
Favosites has flattened to hemispherical colonies. The corallites are polygonal to slightly rounded, closely adjoined so giving colonies a honeycomblike appearance, and very variable in size. The calices are concave, with fewer than 12 short, equal length septa. The walls are thin, perforated by small pores in four or fewer longitudinal rows. Tabulae are numerous, more or less flat and horizontal.
Habitat --- Favosites lived in shallow water, including reefs and calcareous shales.
Copyright 1992 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London
Text copyright 1992 Cyril Walker, David Ward
© 1992 Cyril Walker, David Ward
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