Biology:Catenipora

Short description: Extinct genus of corals

Catenipora Temporal range: 488.3–419.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Catenipora sp. in Museum Mensch und Natur, Munich, Germany.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subclass:	†Tabulata
Family:	†Halysitidae
Genus:	†Catenipora Lamarck 1816
Species
Several, including: †Catenipora capilliformis Volkova et al. 1978 †Catenipora crassaeformis Hubmann 1992 †Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871) †Catenipora robusta (Wilson 1926) †Catenipora workmanae Flower 1961 and see text

Catenipora is an extinct genus of tabulate corals in the family Halysitidae, known from the Ordovician to the Silurian.

C. elegans is known from the Silurian of Estonia.

Species

• †Catenipora approximata
• †Catenipora arctica
• †Catenipora capilliformis
• †Catenipora copulata
• †Catenipora crassaeformis
• †Catenipora distans
• †Catenipora elegans
• †Catenipora escharoides
• †Catenipora exilis
• †Catenipora gotlandica
• †Catenipora jingyangensis
• †Catenipora maxima
• †Catenipora obliqua
• †Catenipora panga
• †Catenipora robusta
• †Catenipora rubraeformis
• †Catenipora septosa
• †Catenipora tapaensis
• †Catenipora tiewadianensis
• †Catenipora tongchuanensis
• †Catenipora tractabilis
• †Catenipora vespertina
• †Catenipora workmanae
• †Catenipora wrighti

References

Wikidata ☰ Q28233905 entry