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Acervulariidae

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Acervulariidae
Temporal range: Ordovician–Devonian
Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Subclass: †Rugosa
Order: †Stauriida
Family: †Acervulariidae
Fromentel, 1861

Acervulariidae is an extinct family of horn coral. These stationary epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Devonian, Silurian and Ordovician periods. [1]

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