''Aulopora'' is an extinct genus of

tabulate coral Tabulata, commonly known as tabulate corals, are an order of extinct forms of coral. They are almost always colonial, forming colonies of individual hexagonal cells known as corallites defined by a skeleton of calcite, similar in appearance to ...

characterized by a bifurcated budding pattern and conical

corallite A corallite is the skeletal cup, formed by an individual stony coral polyp, in which the polyp sits and into which it can retract. The cup is composed of aragonite, a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, and is secreted by the polyp. Corall ...

s. Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and

carbonate hardgrounds Carbonate hardgrounds are surfaces of synsedimentarily cemented carbonate layers that have been exposed on the seafloor (Wilson and Palmer, 1992). A hardground is essentially, then, a lithified seafloor. Ancient hardgrounds are found in limestone ...

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Tabulata Prehistoric cnidarian genera Fossil taxa described in 1829 Paleozoic life of Ontario Paleozoic life of Alberta Paleozoic life of Manitoba Paleozoic life of New Brunswick Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Paleozoic life of Nunavut Paleozoic life of Quebec {{Paleo-anthozoa-stub