Syringopora

{{Short description|Extinct genus of corals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Ordovician-Permian

| image = Syringoporid.jpg

| image_caption = Syringopora; Boone Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) near Hiwasse, Arkansas.

| taxon = Syringopora

| authority = Goldfuss 1826

}}

Syringopora is an extinct genus of phaceloid tabulate coral.{{cite book|title = Fossil Invertebrates|year = 1987|last= Boardman|first=R.S.|publisher= Blackwell|pages = 714}} It has been found in rocks ranging in age from the Ordovician to the Permian, although it was most widespread during the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous periods. Among other places, it has been found in the Columbus Limestone in Ohio,{{cite book|title = Fossils of Ohio|year = 1996|last1= Feldman|first1=R.M.|last2= Hackathorn|publisher= Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70|pages = 577 [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/7329/default.aspx] Figure 7-2}} and in the Spring Branch Member of the Lecompton Limestone in Kansas.[http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/fossils/coral.html Fossil Corals]