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.

Lithostrotion

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LithostrotioninaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At least 53 million years on record.

The record covers at least 351.9 Mya to 298.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 237 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 233 of 237 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 3 of 237 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 237 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 237 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 237 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 237 occurrences362–357 Mya — about 2 occurrences357–351 Mya — about 4 occurrences351–346 Mya — about 7 occurrences346–340 Mya — about 22 occurrences340–335 Mya — about 80 occurrences335–329 Mya — about 76 occurrences329–324 Mya — about 34 occurrences324–318 Mya — about 5 occurrences318–313 Mya — about 2 occurrences313–307 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences307–302 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences302–297 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences297–291 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences291–286 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences286–280 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences280–275 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences275–269 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences269–264 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences264–258 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences258–253 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences253–247 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences247–242 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences242–236 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences236–231 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences231–226 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences226–220 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences220–215 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences215–209 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences209–204 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences204–198 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences351.9 Mya298.9 Mya362 Mya198 Mya

237 occurrences of Lithostrotion on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

237 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

78 formations

Idmarrach — 33.53°N, 5.39°WIdmarrach — 33.43°N, 5.22°WKogruk — 68.25°N, 163.43°WKogruk — 68.32°N, 162.65°WKogruk — 68.07°N, 161.05°WWaterhouses Limestone — 53.03°N, 1.87°WWaterhouses Limestone — 52.80°N, 2.10°WMount Head — 50.48°N, 114.71°WMount Head — 50.62°N, 114.98°WTula — 54.88°N, 52.33°EMaydown Limestone — 54.42°N, 6.73°WSurrett Canyon — 44.25°N, 114.08°WSurrett Canyon — 44.25°N, 113.80°WSurrett Canyon — 44.38°N, 113.87°WSurrett Canyon — 44.37°N, 113.82°WSurrett Canyon — 44.22°N, 113.50°WClogrenan — 52.83°N, 6.92°WClogrenan — 52.68°N, 7.02°WMilldale Limestone — 53.25°N, 1.78°WBlackwater Limestone — 54.42°N, 6.73°WGreat Scar Limestone — 54.30°N, 2.15°WHawes Limestone I — 54.30°N, 2.15°WGayle Limestone II — 54.30°N, 2.15°WHardrow Scar Limestone III — 54.30°N, 2.15°WTizra — 33.53°N, 5.39°WKoudiat Es-Senn — 34.36°N, 2.06°WKoudiat Es-Senn — 34.37°N, 2.00°WKoudiat Es-Senn — 34.30°N, 2.05°WTirhela — 33.53°N, 5.39°WTirhela — 33.44°N, 5.23°WBaird — 40.76°N, 122.32°WHunts Bay Oolite — 51.55°N, 4.20°WGayle Limestone Cyclothem — 54.30°N, 2.15°WHardrow Scar Limestone IIIa — 54.30°N, 2.15°WSimonstone Limestone IV — 54.30°N, 2.15°WSimonstone Limestone IVa — 54.30°N, 2.15°WDjebel Berga — 26.55°N, 0.40°EDjebel Berga — 27.42°N, 0.25°W

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The named rock units Lithostrotion has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 54 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 52 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lithostrotion and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Lithostrotion and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

782 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 115 sites for Lithostrotion, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

66 references

Each of the 237 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 54 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Lithostrotion

Credit
Jonathan Chen
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itLithostrotioninae through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fleming 1828