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Extinct genus of corals

Catenipora
Temporal range: 488.3–419.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Catenipora sp. in Museum Mensch und Natur, Munich, Germany.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: †Tabulata
Family: †Halysitidae
Genus: †Catenipora
Lamarck 1816
Species

Several, including:

  • †Catenipora capilliformis Volkova et al. 1978
  • †Catenipora crassaeformis Hubmann 1992
  • †Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871)
  • †Catenipora robusta (Wilson 1926)
  • †Catenipora workmanae Flower 1961


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Catenipora is an extinct genus of tabulate corals in the family Halysitidae, 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
  • †Catenipora tiewadianensis
  • †Catenipora tongchuanensis
  • †Catenipora tractabilis
  • †Catenipora vespertina
  • †Catenipora workmanae
  • †Catenipora wrighti

References

  1. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux..., Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Tome 2 (1816)
  2. Halysites elegans nov. spec.: Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Structur der Halysites-Arten und einiger silurischer Gesteine aus den russischen Ostsee-Provinzen: Abh. R Fischer-Benzon, Gebeite der Naturw. Ver. Hamburg 5, pages 1-3, 1871
  3. Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon): Buehler, 1955, lk. 40-41, joon.
  4. Catenipora immemorata sp. n., kommunikatnye tabulyaty Éstonii (The Incommunicate Tabulata of Estonia). E Klaamann, Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituut, 1966, 90-91, volume 10, pages 4-5
  5. Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871): Klaamann, 1966, lk. 29,54-55, joon. 15:1-4
  6. Catenipora elegans at fossiilid.info
Taxon identifiers
Catenipora


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