Porifera

  • PE 80973
    Photographer: Laura Dykstra : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: IMLS Silurian Reef Digitization Project
  • PE 80973
    Photographer: Laura Dykstra : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: IMLS Silurian Reef Digitization Project
  • PE 80973 label
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: IMLS Silurian Reef Digitization Project, Image of a Silurian specimen label
Catalog Number: PE 80973
Taxonomic Name: Porifera
FM Catalog: Fossil Invertebrates
Phylum: Porifera
Period: Silurian
Earliest Age: Niagaran
Coordinates Available?: No
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Tennessee
EMu IRN: 3167673
Occurrence ID: 0b6f9d53-c767-4530-8e91-30a9e7e4e76a

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