Name/Title
Sponge (fossil)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.26Description
Description: Phylum: Porifera
Class: Unkown
Order: Unknown
Genus: Unknown
Common Name: Sponge-like
Age: Pliocene
Location: Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Grant County, Indiana
Description:Small linear (tube) fossils with striations throughout tubes. Various diameters. Dark to light gray with small area of limestone matrix.
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: Unknown
Phylum: PoriferaCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
1-3/4 inDepth
2 inLength
2-7/8 inLocation
Location
Container
LeftDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
RightCabinet
Case # 49Wall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
