Lithostrotion
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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. The genus Lithostrotion, a common and readily recognised group of fossils, became extinct by the end of the Palaeozoic era.
Amongst the various species of the Lower Carboniferous coral family Lithostrotionidae recorded in Britain are the following:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of rugose
Rugosa
Disambiguation:The Rugosa Rose is also sometimes just called "Rugosa". For the moon in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, see .The Rugosa, also called the Tetracoralla, are an extinct order of coral that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas.Solitary rugosans are often referred to...
coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
which is commonly found as a fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
within Carboniferous Limestone
Carboniferous limestone
Carboniferous Limestone is a term used to describe a variety of different types of limestone occurring widely across Great Britain and Ireland which were deposited during the Dinantian epoch of the Carboniferous period. They were formed between 363 and 325 million years ago...
. Lithostrotion is a member of the Lithostrotionidae family within the order Stauriida, class Rugosa in the Cnidaria
Cnidaria
Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 9,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic and mostly marine environments. Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use mainly for capturing prey. Their bodies consist of mesoglea, a non-living jelly-like substance,...
phylum. The genus Lithostrotion, a common and readily recognised group of fossils, became extinct by the end of the Palaeozoic era.
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, Hi51)
- 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)