organ-pipe coral
Syringopora sp.
Silurian427.4–419.2 Ma
- Catalogue
- FA-0191
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Auloporida
- Family
- Syringoporidae
- Locality
- Yass district, New South Wales
- Unit
- not recorded
- Age
- Late Silurian (Ludlow–Přídolí)
427.4–419.2 Ma - Reference
- Wikipedia
A tabulate coral of loosely spaced, near-parallel tubes joined at intervals by short cross-connections. The resemblance to a set of organ pipes is the source of the common name.
Unlike Favosites, the tubes never touch, so the colony is an open framework rather than a solid mass. The floors inside each tube are funnel-shaped rather than flat.