Acropora palmata
UNB-2019-0119Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Cnidaria » Anthozoa » Hexacorallia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Acroporidae
Genus: Acropora (Oken, 1815)
Species: Acropora palmata(Lamarck, 1816)
Large specimen of the corallum with small, rounded corallites with defined septa.
Specifications
| Object name | Acropora palmata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0119 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Class: Hexacorallia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene to Helvetian |
| Numeric age | 16 Mya |
| Origin | Calvert County, Maryland, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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