Siphonodendron

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Siphonodendron
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Subclass: Rugosa
Family:
Genus: Siphonodendron
McCoy 1849
Species

S. irregulare
S. junceum
S. martini
S. pauciradiale
S. scaleberense

Siphonodendron is an extinct genus of colonial rugose corals common during the Carboniferous period. In fossil form it now appears as a white or brown mass of short spaghetti-like threads, usually flattened during distortion of the embedding limestone. It is in the sub-class Hexacorallia of corals with sixfold symmetry.

See also[]

  • List of prehistoric hexacorals


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