Coenites

Coenites Temporal range: 443.4–353.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
C. laqueata fossil, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	†Tabulata
Family:	†Coenitidae
Genus:	†Coenites Eichwald, 1829
Species
†Coenites dunginensis Sharkova, 1981 †Coenites elegans Mironova, 1974 †Coenites sharaobensis Sharkova, 1981

Coenites is an extinct genus of prehistoric corals in the family Coenitidae. C dublinensis occurs in the Columbus Limestone, a mapped bedrock unit consisting primarily of fossiliferous limestone, and it occurs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the United States, and in Ontario, Canada.

See also

• List of prehistoric hexacoral genera

References

• The Systematic Position of Coenites Eichwald. Krister Brood, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, Volume 92, 1970, Issue 4, doi:10.1080/11035897009452976
• Coral versus bryozoan affinities of Coenites-like branches from northeastern North American Silurian reefs. CE Davidheiser and RJ Cuffe, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 1981

External links

• "Coenites". Paleobiology Database.

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