Catenipora

Catenipora Temporal range: 488.3–419.2  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Catenipora sp. in Museum Mensch und Natur, Munich, Germany.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	† Tabulata
Family:	† Halysitidae
Genus:	† Catenipora Lamarck 1816 [1]
Species
Several, including: †Catenipora capilliformisVolkova et al. 1978 †Catenipora crassaeformisHubmann 1992 †Catenipora elegans(Fischer-Benzon, 1871) †Catenipora robusta(Wilson 1926) †Catenipora workmanaeFlower 1961 and see text

Catenipora is an extinct genus of tabulate corals in the family Halysitidae, known from the Ordovician to the Silurian.

C. elegans is known from the Silurian of Estonia. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species

• †Catenipora approximata
• †Catenipora arctica
• †Catenipora capilliformis
• †Catenipora copulata
• †Catenipora crassaeformis
• †Catenipora distans
• †Catenipora elegans
• †Catenipora escharoides
• †Catenipora exilis
• †Catenipora gotlandica
• †Catenipora jingyangensis
• †Catenipora maxima
• †Catenipora obliqua
• †Catenipora panga
• †Catenipora robusta
• †Catenipora rubraeformis
• †Catenipora septosa
• †Catenipora tapaensis
• †Catenipora tiewadianensis
• †Catenipora tongchuanensis
• †Catenipora tractabilis
• †Catenipora vespertina
• †Catenipora workmanae
• †Catenipora wrighti

References

1. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux..., Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Tome 2 (1816)
2. Halysites elegans nov. spec.: Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Structur der Halysites-Arten und einiger silurischer Gesteine aus den russischen Ostsee-Provinzen: Abh. R Fischer-Benzon, Gebeite der Naturw. Ver. Hamburg 5, pages 1-3, 1871
3. Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon): Buehler, 1955, lk. 40-41, joon.
4. Catenipora immemorata sp. n., kommunikatnye tabulyaty Éstonii (The Incommunicate Tabulata of Estonia). E Klaamann, Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituut, 1966, 90-91, volume 10, pages 4-5
5. Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871): Klaamann, 1966, lk. 29,54-55, joon. 15:1-4
6. Catenipora elegans at fossiilid.info