Acervularia
Appearance
Acervularia Temporal range:
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Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Subclass: | †Rugosa |
Order: | †Stauriida |
Family: | †Acervulariidae |
Genus: | †Acervularia Schweigger, 1819 |
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Acervularia is an extinct genus of horn coral. These stationary epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow ages) and Devonian periods.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian of United States and in the Silurian of Canada, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom.[1]
References
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