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]
^ abJeffords, Russel. 1943. Caninia from the Lower Carboniferous of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 17. no. 6.
^ abWu, 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.
^Shimer and Shock. 1944. Index Fossils of North America. MIT Press. Boston. pg. 91.
^Easton, W.H. 1943. The Fauna of the Pitkin Formation of Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 17. no. 2.
^ abcEaston, W.H. 1945. Amplexoid Corals from the Chester of Illinois and Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 6.
^Easton, W.H. 1945. Corals from the Otter Formation (Mississippian) of Montana. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 5.
^Coogan, Alan. 1964. Early Pennsylvanian History of Ely Basin, Nevada. AAAPG Bulletin. vol. 48 no. 4.
^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.
^Beus, Stanly. Fossil Associations in the High Tor Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of South Wales. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 58. no. 3.
^Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 67