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.
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| C. laqueata fossil, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | †Tabulata |
| Family: | †Coenitidae |
| Genus: | †Coenites Eichwald, 1829 |
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See also
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edit- ^ Mironova N.V. (MIPOHOBA, H.B.) 1974. Rannedevonskie tabulyaty Gornogo Altaya i Salaira (Early Devonian Tabulata from Gornyy Altay Mountains and Salair). Tr. Sibirsko-go Nauchno-Issled. Inst. Geol. Geofiz. Mineral. Syrya, (163): 1, 166, pls. 1, 81. (In Russian.),
- The Systematic Position of Coenites Eichwald. Krister Brood, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, Volume 92, 1970, Issue 4, doi:10.1080/11035897009452976
- Coral versus bryozoan affinities of Coenites-like branches from northeastern North American Silurian reefs. CE Davidheiser and RJ Cuffe, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 1981
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