Halysites

Halysites
Temporal range: Ordovician - Silurian
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]

References

  1. ^ Boardman, R.S. (1987). Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell. pp. 714. 
  2. ^ Feldman, R.M.; Hackathorn (1996). Fossils of Ohio. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70. pp. 577.