Stylina
| Stylina Temporal range: Jurassic – Eocene 175.6–37.2 Ma | |
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| Stylina varii from Rhaetian of Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
| Family: | Stylinidae |
| Genus: | Stylina Lamarck 1816 |
Stylina is an extinct genus of stony corals.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Eocene (from about 175.6 to 37.2 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Canada, China, Pakistan, Paua New Guinea, Thailand, Japan, Somalia, Nigeria, Iran, Tanzania, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Madagascar, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Chile.[1]
References
- P. Martin Duncan - 2015 A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals
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