Biology:Comophyllia

Short description: Extinct genus of corals

Comophyllia Temporal range: 190.8–109.0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
A fossil of the Comophyllia elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	†Latomeandridae
Genus:	†Comophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849
Species
†Comophyllia corrugata (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849) †Comophyllia dichotoma Krkovic 1965 †Comophyllia elegans d'Orbigny, 1849 (type) †Comophyllia meandrinoides (Koby 1905) †Comophyllia ostrosi Krkovic 1965 †Comophyllia polymorpha (Koby 1905) †Comophyllia turbiformis Beauvais 1964 †Comophyllia variabilis (Koby 1886)

Comophyllia is an extinct genus of prehistoric stony corals in the family Latomeandridae. Species are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. C. elegans, the type species, is from the Jurassic of France.

See also

• List of prehistoric hexacoral genera

References

• d'Orbigny (A.), 1850 - Prodrome de Paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, vol. 2, p. 1-427

External links

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• Fossil specimen MNHN.F.A09634 at Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France), Collection: Paleontology (F)

Wikidata ☰ Q30590753 entry