DPA Devonian Marine Environment detail
Time period shown: Devonian
Pictured:
Brevispirifer, the brachiopods Atrypa and Leptaena, Stromatopora, Siphonophrentis and favosites coral, prismatophyllum, thamonophora, Turbonopsis, Polyphora, Cheirolopsis, Coccosteus, Cladoselache
About this image:
Fossil evidence of the Devonian reefal communities in the area that is now northwest Tennessee reflect an explosion in life 400 million years ago, with a huge variety of animals and plants.