Corals And Sponge

Lower To Middle Pennslyvanian Ely Limestone

White Pine County and Elko County, Nevada

Top--A coral (genus Barbouria) from the lower to middle Pennsylvanian Ely Limestone, western Millard County, Utah, not far from the eastern border of White Pine County, Nevada. Photograph courtesy Michael P. Klimetz; I edited and processed the image through photoshop. Bottom--Two views of a Chaetetes sponge encrusted by the coral Multithecopora hypatiea, White Pine County, Nevada. Photograph courtesy Edward C. Wilson; I edited and processed the image through photoshop.

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