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  1. Solitary Rugose Coral fossils - remains of the tropical seabed that once covered this area over 300 million years ago.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

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  2. A Solitary Rugose Coral fossil protruding from the surrounding rock. Part of an ancient tropical sea bed that once covered this area.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

    Cormacscoast.com walking tours

    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #coral #rugosecoral #Ireland

  3. A beautiful pair of Solitary Rugose Coral fossils.
    Eroded into perfect cross-sections, you can see their internal structures.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #coral #rugosecoral #Ireland

  4. Fossilized Solitary Rugose Corals - Different cross sections, from similar species, of Coral that lived and died on the seabed here over 300 million years ago.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

    Cormacscoast.com walking tours

    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #rugosecoral #coral #Ireland

  5. A closer look at the fossilized internal structure of this Carboniferous era Solitary Rugose Coral.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #coral #rugosecoral #Ireland

  6. Part of a fossilized Crinoid stem and a Solitary Coral side by side. Deposited there by water currents/Sea movement over 300 million years ago.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossils #irishfossils #Crinoid #rugosecoral #coral #Carboniferous #Ireland

  7. A Carboniferous period Solitary Rugose Coral fossil. The iron oxide staining really brings out the internal details.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

    Cormacscoast.com Walking tours

    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossils #irishfossils #Carboniferous #rugosecoral #Coral #irishfossils #Ireland