Fistulipora, M'Coy, 1849
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Genus FISTULIPORA M‘Coy, 1849 View in CoL
Type species. Fistulipora minor M‘Coy, 1849 . Carboniferous; England.
Diagnosis. Massive, encrusting, or ramose colonies. Cylindrical autozooecia with thin walls and complete diaphragms. Apertures rounded, possessing horseshoe-shaped lunaria. Autozooecia separated by the extrazooecial vesicular skeleton.
Remarks. Fistulipora M‘Coy, 1849 differs from Eridopora Ulrich, 1882 in having rounded, horseshoe-shaped lunaria instead of triangular ones. Furthermore, Eridopora develops persistently encrusting colonies, whereas Fistulipora may also develop massive and branched colonies.
Occurrence. Ordovician to Permian; worldwide.
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