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Rhizangiidae

Rhizangiidae

Overview

Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny 1851

Common Name: Stony Coral

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: These are simple non-reef building encrusting corals that resemble rocks or 'stones'. They prefer shallow water environments.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Stationary

        FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

Sources:

Bayer, F. M., et al. 1956. Systematic Descriptions, in Moore, R. C., eds., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part F, Coelenterata, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. F16-F20 pp.


Genera of Rhizangiidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway