Halysitidae
Extinct family of corals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halysitidae is an extinct family of tabulate corals.
Quick Facts Halysitidae Temporal range: Ordovician to Silurian, Scientific classification ...
Halysitidae Temporal range: Ordovician to Silurian | |
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Halysites catenularia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | †Tabulata |
Family: | †Halysitidae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 |
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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.[1]