Lithostrotion

Lithostrotion
Fossil on display at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Subclass:	†Rugosa
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 family Lithostrotionidae. The genus Lithostrotion, a common and readily recognised group of fossils, became extinct by the end of the Palaeozoic era.[1]

Species

• Lithostrotion affine Fleming, 1828
• Lithostrotion araneum (McCoy, 1844)[2]
• Lithostrotion banffense Warren, 1927
• Lithostrotion concinum Lonsdale, 1845
• Lithostrotion decipiens (McCoy, 1849)
• Lithostrotion edmondsi Smith, 1928
• Lithostrotion fasciculatum Fleming, 1828
• Lithostrotion fuicatum Thomson, 1887
• Lithostrotion gracile McCoy, 1851
• Lithostrotion irregulare Phillips, 1836
• Lithostrotion junceum Fleming, 1828
• Lithostrotion maccoyanum Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
• Lithostrotion martini Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
• Lithostrotion mclareni Sutherland, 1958
• Lithostrotion mutabile (Kelly, 1942)
• Lithostrotion pauciradiale McCoy, 1844
• Lithostrotion sinuosum (Kelly, 1942)
• Lithostrotion sociale Phillips, 1836
• Lithostrotion termieri Rodríguez & Somerville in Rodríguez, Somerville & Said, 2017
• Lithostrotion vorticale (Parkinson, 1808)
• Lithostrotion warreni Warren, 1960

References

1. "Coral Fossils". museumvictoria.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
2. NUDDS, J. R.: An illustrated. key to the British lithostrotionid corals. Acta Palaeont; http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app25/app25-385.pdf.