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(Redirected from Heliophyllum agassizi) Extinct genus of corals

Heliophyllum
Temporal range: Mid Devonian
~392–376 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
H. halli; Centerfield Limestone Member (Middle Devonian), Bethany Center, New York
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Subclass: †Rugosa
Family: †Zaphrentidae
Genus: †Heliophyllum
Hall 1846
Species
  • H. canadense
  • H. damesianum
  • H. dianthus
  • H. halli
  • H. truncatum

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. ^ Ward, David J.; Keates, Colin (2021). Fossils. Smithsonian handbooks (New  ed.). New York: DK Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7440-3000-6. OCLC 1277191888.
  2. Heliophyllum at Fossilworks.org
  3. Giroud López, 2014, p.39

Bibliography

Taxon identifiers
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