Species

Halysites catenularius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Taxon description

Klaamann, 1966b

Small corallum composed of rounded corallites of 1.4—1.55 X 1-6—1.8 mm. Lacunae rounded-polygonal. Mesocorallites angular, 0.2—0.35 X 0.3—0.5 mm in diameter. Tabulae placed at intervals of. 0.4—1.2 mm, in mesocorallites — 0.25—0.4 mm. Septal spinules very weakly developed

Synonymy list

1728 Tubularia fossilis — Bromell , pp. 411

1767 Tubipora catenularia — Linnaeus , pp. 1270

1854 Halysites catenularia (Linnaeus) — Milne-Edwards & Haime , pp. 270-272, fig. pl. 64, fig. 1, la-c

1904 Halysites cratus — Etheridge , pp. 27-29, fig. 1:1; 4:3,4; 6:5,6

1915 Halysites pycnoblastoides Etheridge — Yabe , pp. 36-37, fig. 9(5):3-4

1915 Halysites pycnoblastoides Etheridge — Yabe & Hayasaka , pp. 79

1915 Halysites pycnoblastoides Etheridge — Yabe , pp. 36-37

1925 Halysites cf. cratus Eth - eridge — Grabau , pp. 77

1937 Halysites catenularius var. borealis n. var. — Tchernychev , pp. 98-99, fig. XI 5a,b

1954 Halysites catenularius (Linnaeus) — Thomas & Smith , pp. 766, fig. pl. 20:fig. Ia-c

Selection of related publications

Liang, K., Elias, R. J., Lee, D. 2019. Morphometrics, growth characteristics, and phylogenetic implications of Halysites catenularius (Tabulata, Silurian, Estonia). Journal of Paleontology 93, 2, 215-231. DOI:10.1017/jpa.2018.73

Mõtus, M.-A. 2001. Environment related morphological variation in Early Silurian tabulate corals from the Baltic area. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 1, 62-69.

Mõtus, M.-A., Klaamann, E. 1999. The halysitid coral genera Halysites and Cystihalysites from Gotland, Sweden. GFF 121, 2, 81-91. DOI:10.1080/11035899901212081

Sokolov, B. S., Tesakov, J. I. 1984. Populâcionnyj, biocenotičeskij i biostratigrafičeskij analiz tabulât. Podol'skaâ model'. pp. 1-140. Nauka.

Klaamann, E. R. 1966. The incommunicate tabulata of Estonia. ENSV TA Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused 1-97. Eesti NSV TA Geoloogia Instituut.

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Subphylum	Anthozoa
Subclass	Tabulata
Order	Halysitida
Suborder	Halysitina
Family	Halysitidae
Subfamily	Halysitinae
Genus	Halysites
Species	catenularius
	crassus
	junior
	klintebergensis
	labyrinthicus
	laticatenatus
	norvegicus
	priscus
	regularis
	senior

References based on distribution

Mõtus & Klaamann, 1999 Ireviken 3, Gotland Telychian
Mõtus & Klaamann, 1999 Juuru Stage
Sokolov & Tesakov, 1984 lower Silurian
Klaamann, 1966b Kabala 13a borehole, Järvamaa 98.7 - 98.8 Juuru Stage
Liang, K. et al., 2019 Päri quarry Rumba Formation
Liang, K. et al., 2019 Abula cliff Jaagarahu Stage