Name/Title
Coral (fossil)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.127Description
Crystal System: Hexagonal System
Description: Phylum: Cnidaria
Family: Syningoporidae
Class: Anthoza
Species: syningopora
Common Name: Coral (fossil)
Location: Unknown
Description: Large, single specimen showing oolitic structures on one side and columnar structures on the other. Light and dark brown in color.
Physical Characteristics:
Corals are marine organisms in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans, which secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.
Family: Syringoporidae
Fracture: Conchoidal
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 3 Calcite
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Luster: Vitreous
Class: Anthoza
Phylum: Cnidaria
Rock Origin: Terrestrial
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Streak: white
Subspecies: syringoporaCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
6-3/8 inDepth
4 inLength
9 inLocation
Location
Drawer
Center / Back RowShelf
BottomCabinet
Case # 72Wall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
