Heliolites is a large and heterogenous[1] genus of extinct tabulate corals in the family Heliolitidae.[2] Specimens have been found in Ordovician[3] to Devonian[4] beds in North America,[5] Europe,[4] Africa,[6] Asia,[7] and Australia.[3] The genus is particularly abundant in the Wellin Member of the Hanonet Formation of Belgium.[8]
Heliolites Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | †Tabulata |
Order: | †Heliolitida |
Family: | †Heliolitidae |
Genus: | †Heliolites Dana, 1846 |
Members of the genus are distinguished by a prominent tubular coenenchyme (the tissue linking neighboring polyps) with 14–17 tubules around each corallite (the stony cup in which each polyp sits.)[9]
References
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- ^ Young, Graham A.; Noble, James P. A. (January 1990). "Silurian Heliolitidae (Anthozoa, Tabulata) from the Chaleurs Bay region, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 64 (1): 44–60. Bibcode:1990JPal...64...44Y. doi:10.1017/S0022336000042232. S2CID 132161964.44-60&rft.date=1990-01&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:132161964#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S0022336000042232&rft_id=info:bibcode/1990JPal...64...44Y&rft.aulast=Young&rft.aufirst=Graham A.&rft.au=Noble, James P. A.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heliolites" class="Z3988">
- ^ a b Wang, Guangxu; Percival, Ian G.; Zhen, Yong Yi (2 July 2020). "The youngest Ordovician (latest Katian) coral fauna from eastern Australia, in the uppermost Malachis Hill Formation of central New South Wales". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 44 (3): 356–378. doi:10.1080/03115518.2020.1747540. S2CID 225729356.356-378&rft.date=2020-07-02&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/03115518.2020.1747540&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:225729356#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Wang&rft.aufirst=Guangxu&rft.au=Percival, Ian G.&rft.au=Zhen, Yong Yi&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heliolites" class="Z3988">
- ^ a b Hubmann, Bernhard; Suttner, Thomas (2007). "Siluro-Devonian Alpine reefs and pavements". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 275 (1): 95–107. Bibcode:2007GSLSP.275...95H. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.275.01.07. S2CID 129864709.95-107&rft.date=2007&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129864709#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.275.01.07&rft_id=info:bibcode/2007GSLSP.275...95H&rft.aulast=Hubmann&rft.aufirst=Bernhard&rft.au=Suttner, Thomas&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heliolites" class="Z3988">
- ^ Dixon, Owen A. (November 1998). "Heliolitine corals of the topmost Douro and overlying formations (Upper Silurian), Canadian Arctic islands". Journal of Paleontology. 72 (6): 937–966. Bibcode:1998JPal...72..937D. doi:10.1017/S0022336000027335. S2CID 133139606.937-966&rft.date=1998-11&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:133139606#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S0022336000027335&rft_id=info:bibcode/1998JPal...72..937D&rft.aulast=Dixon&rft.aufirst=Owen A.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heliolites" class="Z3988">
- ^ Königshof, Peter; Kershaw, Steve (May 2006). "Growth forms and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of stromatoporoids in a Middle Devonian reef, southern Morocco (west Sahara)". Facies. 52 (2): 299–306. doi:10.1007/s10347-005-0041-1. S2CID 129867978.299-306&rft.date=2006-05&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s10347-005-0041-1&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129867978#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Königshof&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft.au=Kershaw, Steve&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heliolites" class="Z3988">
- ^ Yue, Li; Kershaw, Stephen; Xu, Chen (January 2002). "Biotic structure and morphology of patch reefs from South China (Ningqiang Formation, Telychian, Llandovery, Silurian)". Facies. 46 (1): 133–148. doi:10.1007/BF02668078. S2CID 129764359.133-148&rft.date=2002-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/BF02668078&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129764359#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Yue&rft.aufirst=Li&rft.au=Kershaw, Stephen&rft.au=Xu, Chen&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heliolites" class="Z3988">
- ^ Król, Jan J.; Denayer, Julien; Wolniewicz, Paweł; Zapalski, Mikołaj K. (10 May 2021). "Heliolitid corals and their competitors: a case study from the Wellin patch reefs, Middle Devonian, Belgium". Lethaia. 54 (4): 540–557. doi:10.1111/let.12421. S2CID 236542393.540-557&rft.date=2021-05-10&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/let.12421&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:236542393#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Król&rft.aufirst=Jan J.&rft.au=Denayer, Julien&rft.au=Wolniewicz, Paweł&rft.au=Zapalski, Mikołaj K.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Heliolites" class="Z3988">
- ^ Wang, G.; Percival, I.G.; Zhen, Y.Y.; Webby, B.D. (2021). "Late Ordovician Corals from Allochthonous Clasts in the Devonian Drik-Drik Formation of Northeastern New South Wales, Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 143: 74.