Comophyllia
Comophyllia Temporal range:
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A fossil of the Comophyllia elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | † |
Genus: | †Comophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849[1] |
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Comophyllia is an extinct genus of prehistoric stony corals in the family . Species are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. C. elegans, the type species, is from the Jurassic of France.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Note sur les polypiers fossiles. A d'Orbigny, 1849
- d'Orbigny (A.), 1850 - Prodrome de Paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, vol. 2, p. 1-427
External links[]
- Fossil specimen MNHN.F.A09634 at Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France), Collection: Paleontology (F)
Categories:
- Prehistoric Hexacorallia genera
- Scleractinia genera
- Mesozoic animals of Europe
- Mesozoic invertebrates
- Prehistoric cnidarian stubs
- Hexacorallia stubs