Acervularia

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]

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

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]

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References
  1. Paleobiology Database
  2. Sepkoski Online


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