Halysitidae is an extinct family of tabulate corals.

Halysitidae
Temporal range: Ordovician to Silurian
Halysites catenularia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Tabulata
Family: Halysitidae
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849

These tabulate corals lived from Ordovician to Devonian (from 471.8 to 412.3 Ma). Fossil corals of the family Halysitidae have been found in the sediments of Afghanistan, Canada, United States, Venezuela and Australia.[1]

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  1. ^ "Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2021-12-17.