Halysites
Halysites is an extinct genus of tabulate coral. Colonies range from less than one to tens of centimeters in diameter, and they fed upon plankton.
These tabulate corals lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. Fossils of Halysites species have been found in the sediments of North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.Species in the genus Halysites include:
- Halysites catenularia Linnaeus, 1767
- Halysites encrustans Buehler
- Halysites grandis Sharkova, 1981
- Halysites infundibuliformis Buehler
- Halysites junior Klaamann, 1961
- Halysites louisvillensis Stumm
- Halysites meandrina Troost
- Halysites magnitubus Buehler
- Halysites priscus Klaamann, 1966
- Halysites regularis Fischer-Benzon, 1871
- Halysites senior Klaamann, 1961
