Name/Title
Coral (fossil)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.24Description
Description: Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthoza
Order: Unknown
Genus: Unknown
Common Name: Coral
Age: Pliocene
Location: Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Grant County, Indiana
Description:Rough, irregular limestone with small remnant of a coral on one end, approx. two inches long.
Physical Characteristics:
Pipe Creek Sinkhole near Swayzee in Grant County, Indiana, is one of the most important paleontological sites in the interior of the eastern half of North America, due to preservation, and the exception from 'typical glacial strata mixing' from glaciation. Uncovered in 1996 by workers at the Pipe Creek Junior limestone quarry, the sinkhole has yielded a diverse array of fossils from the Pliocene epoch dating back five million years. Discoveries have been made there of the remains of camelids, bears, beavers, frogs, snakes, turtles and several previously unknown species of rodents. Two fish taxa, bullhead (Ameiurus) and sunfish (Centrarchidae), have also been found there.
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Anthoza
Phylum: CnidariaCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
1-1/8 inDepth
1-1/2 inLength
4-1/2 inLocation
Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
RightCabinet
Case # 49Wall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
