Syringopora

Syringopora
Temporal range: Devonian
Syringopora; Boone Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) near Hiwasse, Arkansas.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Tabulata
Family: Syringoporidae
Genus: Syringopora
Goldfuss 1826

Syringopora is an extinct genus of phaceloid tabulate coral.[1] 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

  1. Boardman, R.S. (1987). Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell. p. 714.
  2. Feldman, R.M.; Hackathorn (1996). Fossils of Ohio. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70. pp. 577 Figure 7-2.
  3. Fossil Corals
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