Halysites Temporal range: Ordovician - 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]