page_title: Cyathophora (coral)
hierarchical_section_title: Cyathophora (coral)
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: outlinesofcompar00agas (find matches) Title: Outlines of comparative physiology touching the structure and development of the races of animals, living and extinct&#160;: for the use of schools and colleges Year: 1870 (1870s) Authors: Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866 Wright, Thomas, 1809-1884 Subjects: Physiology, Comparative Zoology Publisher: London&#160;: Bell &amp; Daldy Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ety of species, and thegenus Nerin&amp;a (11) is an abundant form. The Cephalopodaare very numerous, among which the Ammonites (9) are themost prominent. There are also found, for the first time, therepresentatives of the cuttle-fishes, under the form of Belem-nites, an extinct type of animals, with an internal chamberedshell, protected by a sheath, and terminating in a conicalbody somewhat similar to the bone of the Sepia, and which iscommonly the only preserved part. § 676. The variety is not less remarkable among theradiata. There are to be found representatives of all theclasses; even traces of jelly-fisheshavebeenmadeoutinthe slatesof Solenhofen, in Bavaria. The polyps were very abundantat that epoch, especially in the upper stages, one of which,from this circumstance, has received the name of Coral-rag.Indeed, there are to be found whole reefs of corals in theirnatural position, similar to those which are to be seen in theislands of the Pacific. (Among the most remarkable types Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 386.—Fossil Mollusca and Kadiata of the Oolitic period. 1. GryphseadilatataSow.—Kellowayrock and Oxford clay. 2. Gryphsea incurva Sow. Lower lias. 3. Nucleolites clunicularis. Cornbrash. 4. Cardium truncatum Sow. Lias marl- stone. 5. Trigonia costata Sow. Inferior oolite. 6. Goniomya V scripta Agass. Inferior oolite. 7. Hemicidaris intermedia. Gt. Oolite and Coral rag. 8. Gervillia acuta Sow. Lower oolites. 9. Ammonites Calloviensis Sow. Kello- way rock. 10. Terebratula acuta Sow. Lias marl-stone. i 11. Nerinsa cingenda Voitz. Loweroolites. 40S GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ANIMALS. of the family ASTERIDJG the genera Stylina, Montlivaltia,Thecosmilia, Rhabdophyllia, Cladophyllia, Goniocora, Isastrea,Thamnastrea&#160;; and of the family FUNGIBLE, the genera Como-seris, Protoseris, are found in the Coral-rag of Wiltshire.In the Great Oolite, besides species of many of these genera,others belonging to Cyathophora, Convexastrea, Calamophyllia,Cladophyllia, Clausastrea, occur. Similar coral Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Cyathophora is a genus of prehistoric stony corals.
  Names brought to synonymy
  †Cyathophora elegans, a synonym for †Holocystis elegans
context_section_description: Cyathophora is a genus of prehistoric stony corals.
  Names brought to synonymy
  †Cyathophora elegans, a synonym for †Holocystis elegans
caption: Early sketches of the prehistoric coral
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