Favosites is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the common name `honeycomb coral`). The walls between corallites are pierced by pores known as mural pores which allowed transfer of nutrients between polyps. ...
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• (n.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.
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extinct genus of corals found as fossils in marine rocks from the Ordovician to the Permian periods (between 505 and 245 million years old). ...
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Fav`o·si'tes noun [ New Latin See
Favose .]
(Paleon.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.
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Favosites (favosite) is a genus of fossil zoophyta resembling a honeycomb in appearance and common in the Silurian strata of Norway and Wales
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