Fossilized coral branches and fragments offer insights into ancient marine environments, reef development over millions of years

---

Size: 5169px × 3877px
Location: Gotland
Photo credit: © Frank Nagel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: age, anthozoa, biodiversity, biological, biology, branches, calcium-rich, change, climate, conditions, conservation, coral, corals, dating, deposits, development, distribution, diversity, ecological, ecology, ecosystems, environment, environmental, evolution, formation, formations, fossil, fossilization, fossils, fragments, geological, geology, geosciences, habitats, historical, history, investigations, layers, limestone, location, mapping, marine, millions, mud, natural, occurrence, paleoecology, paleontology, preservation, reef, reefs, research, rock, scientific, seas, sedimentary, sediments, skeletons, species, stratigraphy, structure, techniques, trade, tropical, worldwide, years