Lithostrotionella castelnaui
UNB-2019-0161Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Cnidaria » Anthozoa » Rugosa
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 well hexagonal corallites and visible septa and columella.
Specifications
| Object name | Lithostrotionella castelnaui |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0161 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Subclass: Rugosa |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian to Early Carboniferous to Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississippian Epoch: Wenlock |
| Numeric age | 433.4 - 358 Mya |
| Origin | Wayne County, Kentucky, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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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