Halysites
| Halysites Temporal range: Ordovician to Silurian | |
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| Halysites sp. from the Silurian of Ohio; view of colony surface. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Tabulata |
| Family: | Halysitidae |
| Genus: | Halysites von Waldheim 1828 |
Halysites (meaning chain coral) is an extinct genus of tabulate coral.[1] Colonies range from less than one to tens of centimeters in diameter, and they fed upon plankton.[2]
These tabulate corals lived from Ordovician to Silurian (from 449.5 to 412.3 Ma). Fossils of Halysites species have been found in the sediments of Canada, United States and Australia. [3]
Species
- †Halysites grandis Sharkova 1981
References
- ↑ Boardman, R.S. (1987). Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell. p. 714.
- ↑ Feldman, R.M.; Hackathorn (1996). Fossils of Ohio. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70. pp. 577 .
- ↑ Paleobiology Database
Thin-section view of Halysites corallum.
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