Syringoporidae is an extinct family of phaceloid tabulate coral.
Syringoporidae Temporal range: Ordovician to Permian
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Syringopora verticellata | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | †Tabulata |
Family: | †Syringoporidae Fromentel 1861 |
These tabulate corals lived from the Ordovician to the Permian period (from 449.5 to 279.5 Ma). Fossils of species belonging to the Syringoporidae family have been found in the sediments of Europe, Russia, China, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Canada and United States.[1]