Brozoan fossils. Polarised light micrograph of a section through rock containing a fossilised bryozoan colony. Bryozoans are a phylum of tiny aquatic

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Brozoan fossils. Polarised light micrograph of a section through rock containing a fossilised bryozoan colony. Bryozoans are a phylum of tiny aquatic invertebrate animals that have lived abundantly from the ancient geological past up to this day. They are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water and form large colonies. Magnification: when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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