Description
Kansas Somphospongia
- Somphospongia sp.
- Pennsylvanian Age (323 Million Years Old)
- Burlingame Limestone
- Jackson County, Kansas
- This specimen measures 5.0″ wide and is golden brown and olive green in color
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When this fossil was found it was thought to be a sponge. In spite of this it was actually a stromatolite. Generally speaking the oldest fossils on earth are stromatolites. Owing to the fact that they can be 3.5 billion years old.
