Catenipora

Catenipora Temporal range: 488.3–419.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Catenipora sp. in Museum Mensch und Natur, Munich, Germany.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Tabulata
Family:	†Halysitidae
Genus:	†Catenipora Lamarck 1816[1]
Species
Several, including: †Catenipora capilliformis Volkova et al. 1978 †Catenipora crassaeformis Hubmann 1992 †Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871) †Catenipora robusta (Wilson 1926) †Catenipora workmanae Flower 1961 and see text

Catenipora is an extinct genus of tabulate corals in the family Halysitidae, known from the Ordovician to the Silurian.

C. elegans is known from the Silurian of Estonia.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Species

†Catenipora approximata - †Catenipora arctica - †Catenipora capilliformis - †Catenipora copulata - †Catenipora crassaeformis - †Catenipora distans - †Catenipora elegans - †Catenipora escharoides - †Catenipora exilis - †Catenipora gotlandica - †Catenipora maxima - †Catenipora obliqua - †Catenipora panga - †Catenipora robusta - †Catenipora rubraeformis - †Catenipora septosa - †Catenipora tapaensis - †Catenipora tractabilis - †Catenipora vespertina - †Catenipora workmanae - †Catenipora wrighti

References

1. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux..., Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Tome 2 (1816)
2. Halysites elegans nov. spec.: Mikroskopische Untersuchungen iiber die Structur der Halysites-Arten und einiger silurischer Gesteine aus den russischen Ostsee-Provinzen: Abh. R Fischer-Benzon, Gebeite der Naturw. Ver. Hamburg 5, pages 1-3, 1871
3. Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon): Buehler, 1955, lk. 40-41, joon.
4. Catenipora immemorata sp. n., kommunikatnye tabulyaty Éstonii (The Incommunicate Tabulata of Estonia). E Klaamann, Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituut, 1966, 90-91, volume 10, pages 4-5
5. Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871): Klaamann, 1966, lk. 29,54-55, joon. 15:1-4
6. Catenipora elegans at fossiilid.info

External links

• Catenipora at the Encyclopedia of Life
• Catenipora at fossilworks.org (retrieved 26-11-206)