Stony Coral
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: A. Blankenbicker et al.
label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Neogene - Pliocene
label: Notes
content: Fragment of fossilized coral found from a quarry, usually an open pit where rocks, minerals, gravel and more are excavated from the ground. Fragment still has some matrix attached to it with possibly some fragments of other marine specimens and imprints of specimens in the matrix or in the coral itself. It measures around 21.5 cm x 20 cm x 6 cm in size.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Sep 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Golden Gate Quarry, North America, United States, Florida, Collier County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Montastraea
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401581
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Faviidae