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Halysites

[ hal-i-sahy-teez ]

noun

  1. an extinct genus comprising the chain corals.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Halysites1

< New Latin < Greek ³óá±ô²â²õ ( is ) chain + -¾±³Ùŧ²õ -ite 1
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Almost all the known forms of this period belong to the two great divisions of the Rugose and Tabulate corals, the former being represented by species of Zaphrentis, Omphyma, Cystiphyllum, Strombodes, Acervularia, Cyathophyllum, &c.; whilst the latter belong principally to the genera Favosites, Chœtetes, Halysites, Syringopora, Heliolites, and Plasmopora.

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Halysites catenularia, small variety, of the natural size; b, Fragment of a large variety of the same, of the natural size; c, Fragment of limestone with the tubes of Halysites agglomerata, of the natural size; d, Vertical section of two tubes of the same, showing the tabulæ, enlarged.

From

Halysites catenularia and H. agglomerata.

From

Halysites, 119; agglomerata, 120; catenularia, 120.

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