For the uninitiated -
Lithostrotion is a genus of rugose coral which is commonly found as a fossil within Carboniferous Limestone. Lithostrotion is a member of the Lithostrotionidae family within the order Stauriida, class Rugosa in the Cnidaria phylum.[1] The genus Lithostrotion, a common and readily recognised group of fossils, became extinct by the end of the Palaeozoic era.[2]
Species
Amongst the various species of the Lower Carboniferous coral family Lithostrotionidae recorded in Britain are the following:
Lithostrotion junceum (Fleming, 1828)
Lithostrotion pauciradiale (M'Coy, 1844)
Lithostrotion irregulare (Phillips, 1836)
Lithostrotion martini (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
Lithostrotion sociale (Phillips, 1836)
Lithostrotion affine (Fleming, 1828)
Lithostrotion edmondsi (Smith, 1928)
Lithostrotion gracile (M'Coy, 1851)
Lithostrotion fasciculatum (Fleming, 1828)
Lithostrotion fuicatum (Thomson, 1887)
Lithostrotion concinum (Lonsdale, 1845)
Lithostrotion maccoyanum (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
Lithostrotion decipiens (M'Coy, 1849)
Lithostrotion vorticale (Parkinson, 1808)
Lithostrotion araneurn (M'Coy, 1844)[3]