Pleurodictyum is an extinct genus of tabulate corals, characterized by polygonal corallites.[1] Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and carbonate hardgrounds.[2]
Distribution
Fossils of Pleurodictyum have been found in:[3]
- Silurian
Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Tajikistan, and the United States (Kentucky, Wisconsin)
- Devonian
Algeria, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (Ontario), China, Colombia (Floresta Formation, Altiplano Cundiboyacense), the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Luxembourg, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, United States (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee), and Venezuela
- Carboniferous
Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States (Georgia)
References
- ^ Pandolfi, J.M.; Burke, C.D. (1989). "Environmental distribution of colony growth form in the favositid Pleurodictyum americanum". Lethaia. 22 (1): 69–84. Bibcode:1989Letha..22...69P. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1989.tb01170.x.
- ^ Brett, C.E.; Cottrell, J.F. (1982). "Substrate specificity in the Devonian tabulate coral Pleurodictyum". Lethaia. 15 (3): 247–262. Bibcode:1982Letha..15..247B. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1982.tb00648.x.
- ^ Pleurodictyum at Fossilworks.org