Fossil genus of corals recognised on the densely packed, polygon cells.
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More polished Favosites fossil.
Favosites tabulate coral characterized by polygonal closely packedcorallites (giving it the common name "honeycomb coral").[ 1] Favosites , like many corals, thrived in warm sunlit seas, feeding by filtering microscopic plankton with their stinging tentacles and often forming part of reef complexes.[ 2] Late Ordovician toLate Permian .[ 3]
Favosites had a vast distribution, and its fossils can be found on every continent (exceptAntarctica ).[ 3]
The following species ofFavosites have been described:[ 3]
F. abnormis F. adaverensis F. afghanicus F. antiquus F. bowerbanki F. burkhanensis F. desolatus F. exilis F. fallax F. favosiformis F. favosus F. fusiforme F. goldfussi Emsian ,Eifelian andGivetian of theHoly Cross Mountains ,[ 4] [ 5] parasitized byChaetosalpinx [ 5] F. gothlandicus F. hisingeri F. ingens F. intricatus F. issensis F. jaaniensis F. kalevi F. lichenarioides F. mirandus F. multicarinatus F. oculiporoides F. permica F. petropolitana F. praemaximus F. privatus F. serratus F. sphaericus Blue Fiord andDisappointment Bay formations ofDevonian Canada.[ 6] F. subfavosus F. subforbesi
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