Favosites Coral Favosites
Owned by ILoveMyCatFreckles (@Freckles).
Notes
The specimen shows the characteristic polygonal corallites of a tabulate coral, likely Favosites, commonly known as honeycomb coral.
Details
Identification & Classification
- Fossil Type
- Coral
- Fossil Category
- Invertebrate
- Taxonomic Group
- Cnidarian
Geological Context
- Geological Era
- Paleozoic
- Geological Period
- Silurian
- Absolute Age (MYA)
- 430
Locality
- Locality Type
- Unknown
Anatomy & Physical Traits
- Completeness
- Fragmentary
- Symmetry
- Fragmented
- Sutures Visible
- No
- Eye Facets Visible
- No
Preservation & Preparation
- Preservation Quality
- Fair
- Matrix Type
- Limestone
- Preparation Level
- Unprepped
- Restoration %
- 0
Provenance & Collection
- Date Acquired
- Jun 7, 2026
- Acquisition Price
- $2.3
- Documentation Provided
- None
- Legal Status
- Legal to Own
- Display Status
- In Storage
- Collection ID
- bca5ea2e-56e6-43a3-80c1-5e9c5f507500
- Quantity
- 1
- Added Details
- The specimen shows the characteristic polygonal corallites of a tabulate coral, likely Favosites, commonly known as honeycomb coral.
Favosites Coral
Favosites Coral
Favosites
Fossil Type
Coral
Fossil Category
Invertebrate
Taxonomic Group
Cnidarian
Geological Context
Geological Era
Paleozoic
Geological Period
Silurian
Absolute Age (MYA)
430
Locality
Locality Type
Unknown
Anatomy & Physical Traits
Completeness
Fragmentary
Symmetry
Fragmented
Sutures Visible
No
Eye Facets Visible
No
Preservation & Preparation
Preservation Quality
Fair
Matrix Type
Limestone
Preparation Level
Unprepped
Restoration %
0
Provenance & Collection
Date Acquired
Jun 7, 2026
Acquisition Price
$2.3
Legal Status
Legal to Own
Display Status
In Storage
Quantity
1
Documentation ProvidedNone
Collection IDbca5ea2e-56e6-43a3-80c1-5e9c5f507500
Added Details
The specimen shows the characteristic polygonal corallites of a tabulate coral, likely Favosites, commonly known as honeycomb coral.
Favosites Coral
Favosites
Fossil Type
Coral
Fossil Category
Invertebrate
Taxonomic Group
Cnidarian
Added Details
The specimen shows the characteristic polygonal corallites of a tabulate coral, likely Favosites, commonly known as honeycomb coral.
Geological Context
Geological Era
Paleozoic
Geological Period
Silurian
Absolute Age (MYA)
430
Locality
Locality Type
Unknown
Anatomy & Physical Traits
Completeness
Fragmentary
Symmetry
Fragmented
Sutures Visible
No
Eye Facets Visible
No
Preservation & Preparation
Preservation Quality
Fair
Matrix Type
Limestone
Preparation Level
Unprepped
Restoration %
0
Provenance & Collection
Date Acquired
Jun 7, 2026
Acquisition Price
$2.3
Legal Status
Legal to Own
Display Status
In Storage
Quantity
1
Documentation ProvidedNone
Collection IDbca5ea2e-56e6-43a3-80c1-5e9c5f507500