Favosites

Favosites Temporal range: Late Ordovician-Late Permian ~452–265 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Favosites sp. from the Upper Ordovician of southern Indiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Tabulata
Family:	Favositidae
Genus:	Favosites Lamarck 1816
Type species
F. gothlandicus
Species
See text

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More polished Favosites fossil.

Favosites is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the common name "honeycomb coral").^[1] The walls between corallites are pierced by pores known as mural pores which allowed transfer of nutrients between polyps. Favosites, like all coral, thrived in warm sunlit seas, forming colorful reefs, feeding by filtering microscopic plankton with their stinging tentacles. ^[2] The genus had a worldwide distribution from the Late Ordovician to Late Permian.^[3]

Species

The following species of Favosites have been described:^[3]

F. abnormis
F. adaverensis
F. afghanicus
F. antiquus
F. bowerbanki
F. burkhanensis
F. desolatus
F. exilis
F. fallax
F. favosiformis
F. favosus
F. fusiforme
F. goldfussi
F. gothlandicus
F. hisingeri
F. ingens
F. intricatus
F. issensis
F. jaaniensis
F. kalevi
F. lichenarioides
F. mirandus
F. multicarinatus
F. oculiporoides
F. permica
F. petropolitana
F. praemaximus
F. privatus
F. serratus
F. subfavosus
F. subforbesi

Gallery

Sagittal cross-section of Favosites, showing communication pores between the corallites.
Upper Ordovician of southern Indiana

References

↑ Boardman, R.S. (1987). Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell. p. 714.
↑ Feldman, R.M.; Hackathorn (1996). Fossils of Ohio. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70. p. 577.
1 2 Favosites at Fossilworks.org

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