Porifera

  • PE 24802 label
    Photographer: Paul S. Mayer : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2021 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Sponge label
  • PE 24802 fossil
    Photographer: Paul S. Mayer : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2021 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Sponge fossil
Catalog Number: PE 24802
Taxonomic Name: Porifera
FM Catalog: Fossil Invertebrates
Phylum: Porifera
Period: Ordovician
Formation: Benbolt
Coordinates Available?: No
EMu IRN: 4388083
Occurrence ID: a9637829-176a-4c02-8f4e-43c19304c1a8

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