Chaetetopsis

Japanese: Chaetetopsis
Chaetetopsis

…The representative genera of tabular corals include Favosites (honeycomb coral), Halisites (chain coral), and Heliolites (Japanese stone coral). In addition, the stinging corals ( Chaetetes, known from the late Paleozoic limestones of Japan, and Chaetetopsis , abundant in the Jurassic Torinosu limestone, etc.) that were previously included in tabular corals are now predominantly considered to belong to the phylum Porifera and class Osteoporifera. For this reason, there is a strong opinion that the geological distribution of tabular corals was limited to the Paleozoic era and did not exist in the Mesozoic era. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Chaetetopsis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…床板サンゴ類の代表属としては,ファボシテス(ハチノスサンゴ),ハリシテス(クサリサンゴ),ヘリオリテスHeliolites(ヒイシ(日石)サンゴ)などがある。また従来床板サンゴ類に含められていた刺毛サンゴ類(日本の後期古生代石灰岩に知られるケーテテスChaetetesやジュラ紀鳥巣石灰岩に多産するケーテトプシスChaetetopsisなど)は現在海綿動物門,硬骨海綿綱に属するとの考えが支配的である。このことから,床板サンゴ類の地史的分布は古生代に限られ,中生代には存在しなかったとする意見も強い。…

※「Chaetetopsis」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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