Comophyllia is an extinct genus of prehistoric stony corals in the family Latomeandridae. Species are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. C. elegans, the type species, is from the Jurassic of France.
Comophyllia Temporal range:
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A fossil of the Comophyllia elegans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | †Latomeandridae |
Genus: | †Comophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849[1] |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Note sur les polypiers fossiles. A d'Orbigny, 1849
- d'Orbigny (A.), 1850 - Prodrome de Paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, vol. 2, p. 1-427
External links
edit- Fossil specimen MNHN.F.A09634 at Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France), Collection: Paleontology (F)