Lithostrotion

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]

Lithostrotion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Subclass: †Rugosa
Family: †Lithostrotionidae
Genus: †Lithostrotion
Fleming, 1828

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

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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.


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