Caninia (coral)

Caninia
Temporal range: Devonian to Permian 419.2–252.2 Ma
Caninia torquia from the Beil Limestone Member, Lecompton Limestone, Douglas County, Kansas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Rugosa
Family: Cyathopsidae
Genus: Caninia
Michelin 1840

Caninia is an extinct genus of rugose coral.[1] Its fossils occur worldwide from the Devonian to the Permian periods.

Paleoecology

It was marine in nature and known to live in lagoon-type ecosystems. [2] Because of the shallow water in which it lived, Caninia was often affected by processes above the water level, such as storms.[3]

Distribution

Place name formation Age
"Worldwide" Devonian [4]
Arkansas Fayetteville Shale, Pitkin Limestone Mississippian [5] [6]
Illinois Mississippian [6]
Oklahoma Fayetteville Shale Mississippian [6]
Montana Otter Formation Mississippian [7]
New Mexico Lake Valley Formation Mississippian [2]
Kansas Lecompton Limestone Pennsylvanian [8]
Nevada (Ely basin) Chainman Shale (Early) Pennsylvanian [9]
Texas Cisco Group Pennsylvanian [10]
Wales (South) Arundian Limestone, High Tor Limestone Carboniferous [3] [11]
Vancouver Island Buttle Lake Formation Permian [12]

References

  1. ↑ Fossil Corals
  2. 1 2 Jeffords, Russel. 1943. Caninia from the Lower Carboniferous of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 17. no. 6.
  3. 1 2 Wu, Xian-tao. 1982. Storm-generated depositional types and associated trace fossils in Lower Carboniferous shallow-marine carbonates of Three Cliffs Bay and Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. vol.39. issue 3-4.
  4. ↑ Shimer and Shock. 1944. Index Fossils of North America. MIT Press. Boston. pg. 91.
  5. ↑ Easton, W.H. 1943. The Fauna of the Pitkin Formation of Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 17. no. 2.
  6. 1 2 3 Easton, W.H. 1945. Amplexoid Corals from the Chester of Illinois and Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 6.
  7. ↑ Easton, W.H. 1945. Corals from the Otter Formation (Mississippian) of Montana. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 5.
  8. ↑ Kansas Geological Survey
  9. ↑ Coogan, Alan. 1964. Early Pennsylvanian History of Ely Basin, Nevada. AAAPG Bulletin. vol. 48 no. 4.
  10. ↑ Waller, T.H. 1969. Lower Cisco Carbonate Deposition in North-Central Texas. A Guidebook to the Late Pennsylvanian Shelf Sediments, North-Central Texas. pp. 34-39.
  11. ↑ Beus, Stanly. Fossil Associations in the High Tor Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of South Wales. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 58. no. 3.
  12. ↑ Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 67
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