Fossil Coral
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
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: Notes
content: This fossil is coral. Corals are marine invertebrates that generally live in colonies, which are comprised of many very small individual animals known as polyps. A coral colony creates a hard skeleton over time, and this skeleton is the recongizable structure associated with coral. The coral measures about 6.5cm x 5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Jan 2024
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: Anthozoa
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404610
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa