Pleurodictyum
| Pleurodictyum Temporal range: Silurian - Carboniferous | |
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| Pleurodictyum americanum Roemer 1876 from the Kashong Shale (Hamilton Group), Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Livingston County, New York. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Tabulata |
| Family: | Favositidae |
| Genus: | Pleurodictyum Goldfuss 1829 |
Pleurodictyum is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by polygonal corallites (Pandolfi and Burke, 1989). Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and carbonate hardgrounds (Brett and Cottrell, 1982).
References
- Brett, C.E. and Cottrell, J.F. 1982. Substrate specificity in the Devonian tabulate coral Pleurodictyum. Lethaia 15: 247-262.
- Pandolfi, J.M. and Burke, C.D. 1989. Environmental distribution of colony growth form in the favositid Pleurodictyum americanum. Lethaia 22: 69–84.
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