Syringopora
Syringopora Temporal range: Ordovician-Permian
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Syringopora; Boone Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) near Hiwasse, Arkansas. | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Family: | †Syringoporidae |
Genus: | †Syringopora Goldfuss 1826 |
Syringopora is an extinct genus of phaceloid tabulate coral.[1] It has been found in rocks ranging in age from the Ordovician to the Permian, although it was most widespread during the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous periods. Among other places, it has been found in the Columbus Limestone in Ohio,[2] and in the Spring Branch Member of the Lecompton Limestone in Kansas.[3]
References[]
- ^ Boardman, R.S. (1987). Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell. p. 714.
- ^ Feldman, R.M.; Hackathorn (1996). Fossils of Ohio. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70. pp. 577 [1] Figure 7-2.
- ^ Fossil Corals
Categories:
- Tabulata
- Prehistoric Hexacorallia genera
- Late Devonian animals
- Devonian animals of North America
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Paleozoic life of Alberta
- Paleozoic life of British Columbia
- Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
- Paleozoic life of Nunavut
- Paleozoic life of Quebec
- Paleozoic life of Yukon
- Prehistoric cnidarian stubs
- Hexacorallia stubs
- Devonian animal stubs