Heliophyllum
Appearance
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Heliophyllum Temporal range: Mid Devonian
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H. halli; Centerfield Limestone Member (Middle Devonian), Bethany Center, New York | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Subclass: | †Rugosa |
Family: | †Zaphrentidae |
Genus: | †Heliophyllum Hall 1846 |
Species | |
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Heliophyllum is an extinct genus of corals that existed predominantly in the Devonian. Heliophyllum is of the order Rugosa and can be referred to as horn corals.[1] The genus had a wide distribution. Fossils of H. halli have been found in the fossil rich Floresta Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia.[2] This genus used its nematocysts to stun prey.
References
[edit]- ^ Heliophyllum Archived 2021-12-13 at the Wayback Machine at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Giroud López, 2014, p.39
Bibliography
[edit]- Giroud López, Marie Joëlle (2014), El Mar en la Localidad Tipo del Devónico Medio, del Municipio de Floresta - Boyacá, Colombia, Universidad de La Habana, pp. 1–174, retrieved 2017-03-31
Categories:
- Rugosa
- Prehistoric Hexacorallia genera
- Devonian animals of Africa
- Devonian animals of Asia
- Devonian animals of North America
- Devonian animals of South America
- Devonian Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Fossil taxa described in 1846
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Floresta Formation
- Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
- Devonian animal stubs
- Prehistoric cnidarian stubs
- Hexacorallia stubs