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Septastrea marylandica (Conrad, 1841)

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Septastrea marylandica
Septastrea marylandica

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Rhizangiidae
Genus: Septastrea
Species: Septastrea marylandica (Conrad, 1841)

Information

Geological Range

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Bermont Formation
Waccamaw Formation
Caloosahatchee Formation
Chowan River Formation
Nashua Formation
Duplin Formation
Raysor formation
Jackson Bluff Formation
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds)
Tamiami Formation (Lower)
Yorktown Formation

References

None at this time.

Remarks

This coral species is commonly found encrusting on the shells of gastropods.

Online Resources

None at this time.

Media

Images

Photograph of fossil of Septastrea marylandica.
Septastrea marylandica from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of Sarasota County, Florida (UF 9229).
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Photograph of fossil of Septastrea marylandica.
Septastrea marylandica from the upper Pliocene Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) of Sarasota County, Florida (PRI 70135).
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Photograph of fossil of Septastrea marylandica.
Septastrea marylandica from the upper Pliocene Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) of Sarasota County, Florida (PRI 70136).
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3D Models

PRI 70753

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