• Source: Favosites

Favosites is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by polygonal closely packed corallites (giving it the common name "honeycomb coral"). The walls between corallites are pierced by pores known as mural pores which allowed transfer of nutrients between polyps. Favosites, like many corals, thrived in warm sunlit seas, feeding by filtering microscopic plankton with their stinging tentacles and often forming part of reef complexes. The genus had a worldwide distribution from the Late Ordovician to Late Permian.




Distribution


Favosites had a vast distribution, and its fossils can be found on every continent (except Antarctica).




Species


The following species of Favosites have been described:

F. abnormis
F. adaverensis
F. afghanicus
F. antiquus
F. bowerbanki
F. burkhanensis
F. desolatus
F. exilis
F. fallax
F. favosiformis
F. favosus
F. fusiforme
F. goldfussi (Lecompte, 1939), from the Emsian, Eifelian and Givetian of the Holy Cross Mountains, is known to be parasitized by Chaetosalpinx.
F. gothlandicus
F. hisingeri
F. ingens
F. intricatus
F. issensis
F. jaaniensis
F. kalevi
F. lichenarioides
F. mirandus
F. multicarinatus
F. oculiporoides
F. permica
F. petropolitana
F. praemaximus
F. privatus
F. serratus
F. sphaericus (Počta, 1902) from the lower Blue Fiord and Disappointment Bay formations of Devonian Canada.
F. subfavosus
F. subforbesi




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References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Favosites
• List of the prehistoric life of New York
• Thamnopora boloniensis
• Tabulata
• Scanography
• List of the Paleozoic life of Indiana
• List of the prehistoric life of Indiana
• List of the prehistoric life of Kentucky
• Guelph Formation
• Ahbach Formation