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Chorisastrea

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Chorisastrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Calamophylliidae
Genus: Chorisastre
Frech, 1896[1]
Species
  • Chorisastrea caquerellensis Koby, 1885[2]
  • Chorisastrea elegans Koby, 1885
  • Chorisastrea glomerata Koby, 1885
  • Chorisastrea sp. Gill, 1967

Chorisastrea is an extinct genus of stony corals.

Fossilworks considers Chorisastrea Fromentel 1861[3] to be a synonym of †Latomeandra Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 (Latomeandridae).

References

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  1. ^ Ueber unterdevonische Korallen aus den Karnischen Alpen. F Frech - Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 1896
  2. ^ Koby F. 1885 - Monographie des Polypiers jurassiques de la Suisse Part 5
  3. ^ Introduction à l'étude des polypiers fossiles. E de Fromentel - 1861
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