Halysites
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| Halysites Temporal range: Ordovician - Silurian | |
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| Halysites sp. from the Silurian of Ohio; view of colony surface. | |
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| 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]
Thin-section view of Halysites corallum.
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