Heliophyllum
| Heliophyllum Temporal range: Mid Devonian ~ | |
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| H. halli; Centerfield Limestone Member (Middle Devonian), Bethany Center, New York | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | †Rugosa |
| Family: | †Zaphrentidae |
| Genus: | †Heliophyllum Hall 1846 |
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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. They were mostly solitary animals, although some were colonial. The genus had a wide distribution. Fossils of H. halli have been found in the fossil rich Floresta Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia. This genus used its nematocysts to stun prey.
References
- 1 2 Ward, David J.; Keates, Colin (2021). Fossils. Smithsonian handbooks (New [American] ed.). New York: DK Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7440-3000-6. OCLC 1277191888.
- ↑ Heliophyllum at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Giroud López, 2014, p.39
Bibliography
- 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
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