heterocoral

English

Noun

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.