Halysites catenularia
UNB-2019-0294Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Cnidaria » Anthozoa » Tabulata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Tabulata
Order: Heliolitida
Family: Halysitidae
Genus: Halysites (von Waldheim, 1813)
Species: Halysites catenularia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Light brown tabular specimen with small defined polygonal corallites. Thin septa are visible in the corallites and tabulae are visible along the margin of the specimen.
Specifications
| Object name | Halysites catenularia |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0294 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Subclass: Tabulata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian Epoch: Wenlock to Ludlow Age: Ludfordian |
| Numeric age | 433.4 - 425.6 Mya |
| Origin | Charlestown, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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