heterocoral

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heterocoral (plural heterocorals)

  1. A coral from the extinct Paleozoic order Heterocorallia.
    • 2002, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie: Abhandlungen:
      The presumed oldest heterocoral is Tetraphyllia devonica (Yoh, Jin, Zhen & Xie, 1984) from the Lower Devonian (Late Emsian) of Yunnan, southern China.
    • 2013, W.J. Frazier, D.R. Schwimmer, Regional Stratigraphy of North America, page 183:
      Heterocoral apparently descended unsuccessfully from Rugosa.
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