Lithostrotionella castelnaui

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Subclass: Rugosa Order: Stauriida Family: Petalaxidae Genus: Lithostrotionella (Yabe and Hayasaka, 1915) Species: Lithostrotionella castelnaui (Hayasaka, 1936) Tabular specimen with visible septa and costae. Corallites are defined near margin.

Specifications

Object nameLithostrotionella castelnaui
IDUNB-2019-0156
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Subphylum:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
CompositionSilica
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Paleozoic
Period:
Carboniferous to Early Carboniferous
Subperiod:
Mississipian to Mississippian
Epoch:
Middle Mississipian
Age:
Visean
Numeric age346.7 - 358 Mya
OriginWaterloo, Illinois, U.S.A.
Pieces1
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 8.8cm x 7.8cm x 3.5cm

Map of Origin

Publications

  • I. Hayasaka. 1936. On some North American species of Lithostrotionella. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture Taihoku Imperial University 13:47-73