Favositida is an extinct suborder of prehistoric corals in the order Tabulata. These corals thrived from the Ordovician to the end of the Permian period, roughly between 471.8 to 252 million years ago. The fossil remains of Favositida species distinctly have honeycomb-like structure.[2]
| Favositida Temporal range:
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| Favosites sp. from the Upper Ordovician of southern Indiana, USA. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | †Tabulata |
| Suborder: | †Favositida Wedekind, 1937[1] |
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References
edit- ^ Einführung in die Grundlagen der historischen Geologie: Mikrobiostratigraphie. Die Korallen-u. Foraminiferenzeit. R Wedekind, 1937
- ^ "Favosites | Coral Reefs, Hexacorals, Cnidarians | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
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