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Catenipora
''Catenipora'' is an extinct genus of tabulate corals in the family Halysitidae ''Halysitidae'' is an extinct family of tabulate corals. These tabulate corals lived from Ordovician to Devonian (from 471.8 to 412.3 Ma). Fossil corals of the family ''Halysitidae'' have been found in the sediments of Afghanistan, Canada, Unite ..., known from the Ordovician to the Silurian. ''C. elegans'' is known from the Silurian of Estonia. Species * †''Catenipora approximata'' * †''Catenipora arctica'' * †''Catenipora capilliformis'' * †''Catenipora copulata'' * †''Catenipora crassaeformis'' * †''Catenipora distans'' * †''Catenipora elegans'' * †''Catenipora escharoides'' * †''Catenipora exilis'' * †''Catenipora gotlandica'' * †''Catenipora jingyangensis'' * †''Catenipora maxima'' * †''Catenipora obliqua'' * †''Catenipora panga'' * †''Catenipora robusta'' * †''Catenipora rubraeformis'' * †''Catenipora septosa'' * †''Catenipora tapaensis' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halysitidae
''Halysitidae'' is an extinct family of tabulate corals. These tabulate corals lived from Ordovician to Devonian (from 471.8 to 412.3 Ma). Fossil corals of the family ''Halysitidae'' have been found in the sediments of Afghanistan, Canada, United States, Venezuela and Australia. Genera * '' Acanthohalysites'' Hamada 1957 * '' Catenipora'' Lamarck 1816 * '' Cystihalysites'' Chernyshev 1941 * '' Eocatenipora'' Hamada 1957 * '' Falsicatenipora'' Hamada 1958 * ''Halysites ''Halysites'' (meaning ''chain coral'') is an extinct genus of tabulate coral. Colonies range from less than one to tens of centimeters in diameter, and they fed upon plankton. These tabulate corals lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian (f ...'' von Waldheim 1828 * '' Hexismia'' Sokolov 1955 * '' Quepora'' Sinclair 1955 * '' Schedohalysites'' Hamada 1957 * '' Solenihalysites'' Stasinska 1967 * '' Spumaeolites'' Zhizhina 1967 References Tabulata Prehistoric cnidarian families Ordovician first appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |