Acervularia
Acervularia Temporal range:
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Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | † |
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[]
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[]
Categories:
- Tabulata
- Prehistoric cnidarians
- Paleozoic invertebrates of North America
- Paleozoic invertebrates of Europe
- Prehistoric cnidarian stubs
- Anthozoan stubs