Syringopora

Syringopora; Temporal range: Ordovician-Permian
	Syringopora; Boone Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) near Hiwasse, Arkansas.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	†Tabulata
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

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[Boardman-1] Boardman, R.S. (1987). Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell. p. 714.

[Feldman_&_Hackathorn-2] Feldman, R.M.; Hackathorn (1996). Fossils of Ohio. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70. pp. 577 [1] Figure 7-2.

[3] Fossil Corals

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