. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Fig. 33 Favosites niagarensis Genus halysites Fischer [Ety.: aAoffcg, a chain] (1813. Zoognosia. 3d ed. t. i, p. 387) Corallum forming a clustered and reticulated mass, composed of long tubular, cylindric or compressed corallites, which are placed side by side in intersecting and anastomosing laminae or lines, any given corallite being united along its whole length with its neigh- bors to the right and left, and each lamina of the corallum con- sisting of no more than a single linear series of tubes. Walls of the corallites strong and without pores,
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Fig. 33 Favosites niagarensis Genus halysites Fischer [Ety.: aAoffcg, a chain] (1813. Zoognosia. 3d ed. t. i, p. 387) Corallum forming a clustered and reticulated mass, composed of long tubular, cylindric or compressed corallites, which are placed side by side in intersecting and anastomosing laminae or lines, any given corallite being united along its whole length with its neigh- bors to the right and left, and each lamina of the corallum con- sisting of no more than a single linear series of tubes. Walls of the corallites strong and without pores, the free portions covered by a continuous thick epitheca showing lines of growth. Small coral- lites often alternate with the larger ones. Septa obsolete or repre- sented by vertical rows of spines in cycles of 12. Tabulae well developed, complete and simple, more numerous in the smaller corallites. Halysites catenulatus (Linn.) (Fig. 39). Catenipora es- char o i d e s (Lamarck) Hall (1852. Pal. N. Y. 2:127, P^- 35) r^/-. 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 New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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