Syringoporidae

Summary

Syringoporidae is an extinct family of phaceloid tabulate coral.

Syringoporidae
Temporal range: Ordovician to Permian
Syringopora verticellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Genera edit

  • Cannapora Hall 1852
  • Chia Lin 1958
  • Enigmalites Tchudinova 1975
  • Kueichowpora Chi 1933
  • Oharaia Nelson 1977
  • Pleurosiphonella Chudinova 1970
  • Spinuliplena Pickett 1994
  • Syringoalcyon Termier and Termier 1945
  • Syringocolumna Stumm 1969
  • Syringopora Goldfuss 1826
  • Syringoporiella Rukhin 1937
  • Vinculumtes Khayznikova 1989

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Paleobiology Database