Favosites

Favosites Temporal range: Late Ordovician-Late Permian ~452–265 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Favosites sp. from the Upper Ordovician of southern Indiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Family:	†
Genus:	†Favosites Lamarck 1816
Type species
F. gothlandicus
Species
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More polished Favosites fossil.

Favosites is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the common name "honeycomb coral").^[1] The walls between corallites are pierced by pores known as mural pores which allowed transfer of nutrients between polyps. Favosites, like many corals, thrived in warm sunlit seas, feeding by filtering microscopic plankton with their stinging tentacles and often forming part of reef complexes.^[2] The genus had a worldwide distribution from the Late Ordovician to Late Permian.^[3]

Distribution[]

Favosites had a vast distribution, and its fossils can be found on every continent (except Antarctica).^[3]

Species[]

The following species of Favosites have been described:^[3]

Gallery[]

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  Sagittal cross-section of Favosites, showing communication pores between the corallites.
  Upper Ordovician of southern Indiana

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