Carboniferous Coral #1

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Specimen: Unidentified species of ancient coral structure\nLocality: Fossil-rich strata of the Bloyd/Hale Formation or Atoka Formation, Cherokee county, Oklahoma, USA\nAge: Early to middle Pennsylvanian period, within the Carboniferous era\nThis massive coral colony once dominated the floor of a vast shallow sea that spanned much of what is now America. \nFor centuries, these thriving coral polyps constructed their impressive stronghold in that oceanic environment, surrounded by crinoids, bryozoans, brachiopods, and potentially even trilobites or sharks.