Privacy Policy
Bryozoan fossils, Image Credit: Leo Kenney
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This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for this website (www.education.sandcollectors.org). This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.
What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website when you submit an online form, whether or not particular information is required, and how the information is used.
The Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc. collects the following information to conduct the society's business with members.
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About the image on this page
Bryozoan Fossils
An ISCS member collected this sand on a club field to a quarry in Tennessee. It is full of bryozoan fossils. Often confused with coral, bryozoans are not corals. They are invertebrate, mostly colonial animals that build calcium carbonate structures similar to coral, but there are some major differences:
They belong to different phylums -- Bryozoa vs Cnidaria.
Bryozoans live in fresh water and salt water, but corals live only in salt water environments.
They both have tentacles, but bryozoans do not have stinging tentacles.
They are both interesting animals. Fossilized and modern bits of each animal can be found in sand. If you find any, research the differences to determine what you have found.
Image Credit: Leo Kenney