Septalites Temporal range: Silurian |
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Septalites septatus from the Silurian of Gotland. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | incertae sedis |
Class: | Tentaculita† |
Order: | Cornulitida† |
Family: | Cornulitidae† |
Genus: |
Septalites† Vinn, 2005 |
Septalites is a genus of cornulitid tubeworms. Their shells lack vesicular wall structure and have a smooth lumen filled with numerous transverse septa. They are externally covered with transverse ridges. Their fossils are known only from the Silurian of Gotland.