Grewingkia

Grewingkia is a genus of extinct Paleozoic corals, found in Indiana. It contains at least one species, Grewingkia canadensis.

Grewingkia
Temporal range: Ordovician[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: †Rugosa
Family: †Streptelasmatidae
Genus: †Grewingkia
Dybowski, 1873
Species:
†G. canadensis
Binomial name
†Grewingkia canadensis
(Billings, 1862)[2]
Synonyms
List
  • Grewingkia rustica
  • Streptelasma rusticum
  • Streptelasma vagans Foerste, 1909
  • Streptelasma insolitum Foerste, 1909
  • Streptelasma dispandum Foerste, 1909

References
  1. Cnidarian Fossils From The Ordovician Period
  2. Cincinnatian Fossils and Stratigraphy


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