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''Caninia'' is an extinct genus of rugose coral. Its
fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...
s occur worldwide from the Devonian to the Permian periods.


Paleoecology

It was marine in nature and known to live in
lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') an ...
-type
ecosystem An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by Organism, organisms in interaction with their Biophysical environment, environment. The Biotic material, biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and en ...
s. Because of the shallow water in which it lived, Caninia was often affected by processes above the water level, such as storms.


Distribution


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5032424 Rugosa Prehistoric Hexacorallia genera Devonian first appearances Permian genus extinctions Paleozoic life of Alberta Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Paleozoic life of Nunavut