Coenites

Coenites
Temporal range:
C. laqueata fossil, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Tabulata
Family: Coenitidae
Genus: Coenites
Eichwald, 1829
Species
  • Coenites dunginensis Sharkova, 1981
  • Coenites elegans Mironova, 1974
  • Coenites sharaobensis Sharkova, 1981

Coenites is an extinct genus of prehistoric corals in the family Coenitidae. C dublinensis occurs in the Columbus Limestone, a mapped bedrock unit consisting primarily of fossiliferous limestone, and it occurs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the United States, and in Ontario, Canada.