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Aulopora

Aulopora
Temporal range: Ordovician - Permian
AuloporaDevonianSilicaShale.jpg
Aulopora from the Silica Shale (Middle Devonian) of northwestern Ohio. Image shows colony origin encrusting a brachiopod.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Tabulata
Family: Auloporidae
Genus: Aulopora
Goldfuss 1829

Aulopora is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by a bifurcated budding pattern and conical corallites. Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and carbonate hardgrounds.


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