Lithostrotion
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| Lithostrotion | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Rugosa |
| Order: | Stauriida |
| Family: | Lithostrotionidae |
| Genus: | Lithostrotion Fleming, 1828 |
Lithostrotion is a genus of rugose coral which is commonly found as a fossil within Carboniferous Limestone. Lithostrotion is a member of the Lithostrotionidae family within the order Stauriida, class Rugosa in the Cnidaria phylum.[1] The genus Lithostrotion, a common and readily recognised group of fossils, became extinct by the end of the Palaeozoic era.[2]
Amongst the various species of the Lower Carboniferous coral family Lithostrotionidae recorded in Britain are the following:
- Lithostrotion junceum (Fleming, 1828)
- L. pauciradiale (M'Coy, 1844)
- L. irregulare (Phillips, 1836)
- L. martini (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
- L. sociale (Phillips, 1836)
- L. affine (Fleming, 1828)
- L. edmondsi (Smith, 1928)
- L. gracile (M'Coy, 1851)
- L. fasciculatum (Fleming, 1828)
- L. fuicatum (Thomson, 1887)
- L. concinum (Lonsdale, 1845)
- L. maccoyanum (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
- L. decipiens (M'Coy, 1849)
- L. vorticale (Parkinson, 1808)
- L. araneurn (M'Coy, 1844)[3]
References
- ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/fossilsoftheeastyorkshirecoast/collections/lithostrotion
- ↑ http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/marine-fossils/corals/
- ↑ NUDDS, J. R.: An illustrated. key to the British lithostrotionid corals. Acta Palaeont; http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app25/app25-385.pdf.
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