Sueciatractos

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Sueciatractos
Temporal range: Late Silurian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Genus: Sueciatractos
Species:
S. leipnitzae
Binomial name
Sueciatractos leipnitzae
Reich & Kutscher, 2023

Sueciatractos is an extinct genus of malacalcyonacean coral that lived during the Late Silurian.

Distribution

Sueciatractos leipnitzae is known from the Hemse beds on the Isle of Gotland. [1]

References

  1. Reich, Mike; Kutscher, Manfred (6 June 2023). "A new alcyonacean octocoral (Anthozoa) from the Late Silurian of Gotland, Sweden". PalZ . 97 (4): 729–739. doi:10.1007/s12542-023-00654-w. ISSN   0031-0220 . Retrieved 21 February 2025 via Springer Nature Link.