Catenipora is an extinct genus of tabulate corals in the family Halysitidae, known from the Ordovician to the Silurian.
C. elegans is known from the Silurian of Estonia.Halysites elegans nov. spec.: Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Structur der Halysites-Arten und einiger silurischer Gesteine aus den russischen Ostsee-Provinzen: Abh. R Fischer-Benzon, Gebeite der Naturw. Ver. Hamburg 5, pages 1-3, 1871Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon): Buehler, 1955, lk. 40-41, joon.Catenipora immemorata sp. n., kommunikatnye tabulyaty Éstonii (The Incommunicate Tabulata of Estonia). E Klaamann, Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituut, 1966, 90-91, volume 10, pages 4-5Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871): Klaamann, 1966, lk. 29,54-55, joon. 15:1-4Catenipora elegans at fossiilid.info
Species †Catenipora approximata †Catenipora arctica †Catenipora capilliformis †Catenipora copulata †Catenipora crassaeformis †Catenipora distans †Catenipora elegans †Catenipora escharoides †Catenipora exilis †Catenipora gotlandica †Catenipora jingyangensis †Catenipora maxima †Catenipora obliqua †Catenipora panga †Catenipora robusta †Catenipora rubraeformis †Catenipora septosa †Catenipora tapaensis †Catenipora tiewadianensis †Catenipora tongchuanensis †Catenipora tractabilis †Catenipora vespertina †Catenipora workmanae †Catenipora wrighti
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