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Aulopora
Temporal range: Ordovician - Permian
Aulopora from the Silica Shale (Middle Devonian) of northwestern Ohio. Image shows colony origin encrusting a brachiopod.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Order:
Tabulata
Family:
Auloporidae
Genus:
Aulopora

Goldfuss 1829

Aulopora is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by a bifurcated budding pattern and conical corallites.[1] Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and carbonate hardgrounds.[2]

References

  1. ^ Boardman, R.S. (1987). Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell. p. 714.
  2. ^ Feldman, R.M.; Hackathorn (1996). Fossils of Ohio. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70. p. 577.
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