Heliophyllum

Heliophyllum; Temporal range: Mid Devonian; ~392–376 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	H. halli; Centerfield Limestone Member (Middle Devonian), Bethany Center, New York
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Subclass:	†Rugosa
Family:	†Zaphrentidae
Genus:	†Heliophyllum; Hall 1846
Species
	H. canadense; H. damesianum; H. dianthus; H. halli; H. truncatum;

Heliophyllum is an extinct genus of corals that existed predominantly in the Devonian. Heliophyllum is of the order Rugosa and can be referred to as horn corals.^[1]^[2] They were mostly solitary animals, although some were colonial.^[1] The genus had a wide distribution. Fossils of H. halli have been found in the fossil rich Floresta Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia.^[3] This genus used its nematocysts to stun prey.

References

^ ^a ^b Ward, David J.; Keates, Colin (2021). Fossils. Smithsonian handbooks (New [American] ed.). New York: DK Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7440-3000-6. OCLC 1277191888.
^ Heliophyllum at Fossilworks.org
^ Giroud López, 2014, p.39

Bibliography

Giroud López, Marie Joëlle (2014), El Mar en la Localidad Tipo del Devónico Medio, del Municipio de Floresta - Boyacá, Colombia, Universidad de La Habana, pp. 1–174, retrieved 2017-03-31

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[:0-1] Ward, David J.; Keates, Colin (2021). Fossils. Smithsonian handbooks (New [American] ed.). New York: DK Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7440-3000-6. OCLC 1277191888.

[FWHeliophyllum-2] Heliophyllum at Fossilworks.org

[Giroud-3] Giroud López, 2014, p.39

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