Acervularia

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Acervularia
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
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Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Subclass:† Rugosa
Order:† Stauriida
Family:† Acervulariidae
Genus:† Acervularia
Schweigger, 1819
Synonyms
  • Arachnium Keyserling 1846
  • Cyathogonium Chapman 1893
  • Favastrea Blainville 1834
  • Floscularia Eichwald 1829
  • Rhabdophyllum Wedekind 1927

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

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