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(a) (b) (c) (d)

(e) (f) (g)
Figure 11.25 Some rugose corals: (a, b) cross and longitudinal sections of Acervularia (Silurian);
(c, d) cross and longitudinal sections of Phillipsastrea (Devonian); (e) Amplexizaphrentis
(Carboniferous); and (f, g) cross and longitudinal sections of Palaeosmilia (Carboniferous).
Magnifi cation approximately ×2 (a–d), ×3 (e), ×1 (f, g). Note that here and elsewhere, age assignments

refer to the specimen figured and not to the entire stratigraphic range of the taxon. (Courtesy of Colin
Scrutton.)

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e)
Figure 11.26 Some tabulate corals: (a, b) cross and longitudinal sections of Favosites (Silurian);
(c, d) cross and longitudinal sections of Syringopora (Carboniferous); and (e) Aulopora (Silurian).
Magnifi cation approximately ×2. (Courtesy of Colin Scrutton.)