Pleurodictyum

Pleurodictyum; Temporal range: Late Silurian-Early Carboniferous; ~418–345 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	P. americanum from the Givetian Kashong Shale (Hamilton Group) of Livingston County, New York
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	†Tabulata
Family:	†Favositidae
Genus:	†Pleurodictyum; Goldfuss 1829
Species:	†P. americanum
Binomial name
	†Pleurodictyum americanum; Roemer 1876

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

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[Pandolfi-1] 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-2] 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.

[FWPleurodictyum-3] Pleurodictyum at Fossilworks.org

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Pleurodictyum Temporal range: Late Silurian-Early Carboniferous ~418–345 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

P. americanum from the Givetian Kashong Shale (Hamilton Group) of Livingston County, New York

Reverse side
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	†Tabulata
Family:	†Favositidae
Genus:	†Pleurodictyum Goldfuss 1829
Species:	†P. americanum
Binomial name
†Pleurodictyum americanum Roemer 1876