Lithostrotion
| 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]
Species
Amongst the various species of the Lower Carboniferous coral family Lithostrotionidae recorded in Britain are the following:
- Lithostrotion junceum (Fleming, 1828)
- Lithostrotion pauciradiale (M'Coy, 1844)
- Lithostrotion irregulare (Phillips, 1836)
- Lithostrotion martini (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
- Lithostrotion sociale (Phillips, 1836)
- Lithostrotion affine (Fleming, 1828)
- Lithostrotion edmondsi (Smith, 1928)
- Lithostrotion gracile (M'Coy, 1851)
- Lithostrotion fasciculatum (Fleming, 1828)
- Lithostrotion fuicatum (Thomson, 1887)
- Lithostrotion concinum (Lonsdale, 1845)
- Lithostrotion maccoyanum (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
- Lithostrotion decipiens (M'Coy, 1849)
- Lithostrotion vorticale (Parkinson, 1808)
- Lithostrotion 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.