Rugose Coral
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Specimen #929
Taxon: Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa, Subclass Rugosa
Locality: McCoy, Eagle County, CO
Age: Pennsylvanian Period
Rock unit: Minturn Formation
Collector: W. Itano
This is a solitary coral, commonly called a horn coral.
Positive identification requires sectioning to reveal the internal structure.
Externally, it resembles Stereostylus mccoyensis Stevens.
The scale is in cm.
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