''Lithostrotion'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
rugose
Rugose means "wrinkled". It may refer to:
* Rugosa, an extinct order of coral, whose rugose shape earned it the name
* Rugose, adjectival form of rugae
Species with "rugose" in their names
* '' Idiosoma nigrum'', more commonly, a black rugose tr ...
coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and sec ...
which is commonly found as a
fossil
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within
Carboniferous Limestone
Carboniferous Limestone is a collective term for the succession of limestones occurring widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland that were deposited during the Dinantian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. These rocks formed between 363 and ...
. ''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
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
The name ''Paleozoic'' ( ;) was coined by the British geologist Adam Sedgwick in 1838
by combining the Greek words ''palaiós'' (, "old") and '' ...
era.
Species
* ''Lithostrotion affine''
Fleming, 1828
* ''Lithostrotion araneum''
(McCoy, 1844)[NUDDS, J. R.: An illustrated. key to the British lithostrotionid corals. Acta Palaeont; http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app25/app25-385.pdf.]
* ''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
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References
Rugosa
Prehistoric Anthozoa genera
Fossil taxa described in 1828
Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
Paleozoic life of Alberta
Paleozoic life of New Brunswick
Paleozoic life of Nunavut
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