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Fossil Shells and corals or madripores from Spring Grove, State of Kentucky, 32 miles below the Falls of Ohio

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

June 10, 1817

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 86

Notes:

Madrepore are coral of the genus Madrepora, many of which occur in tropical seas and form large coral reefs. Their fossils are often found in limestone and marble.

Philadelphia physician Dr. Samuel Bleight laid out the city of Utica, Indiana in 1816.