The Fruitiness of August. The Silurian Coral The New Reef Builders

The new life in the Silurian Period was the coral reef. Tabulate corals and rugose corals formed these reefs in the Silurian rocks. Tabulate corals lived in colonies that formed chains. The chains sometimes looked like clumps of organ pipes. Rugose corals are often called horn corals because their shape looks like the horn of a bull. The tentacles of the animal reached out the top of the cup. The huge reefs made great hiding places for the new animal that lived in the ocean: the fish.