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]
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| Fossil on display at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Subclass: | †Rugosa |
| Family: | †Lithostrotionidae |
| Genus: | †Lithostrotion Fleming, 1828 |
Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Coral Fossils". museumvictoria.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ NUDDS, J. R.: An illustrated. key to the British lithostrotionid corals. Acta Palaeont; http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app25/app25-385.pdf.
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