Caninia is an extinct genus of rugose coral.[1] Its fossils occur worldwide from the Devonian to the Permian periods.
Caninia | |
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Caninia torquia from the Beil Limestone Member, Lecompton Limestone, Douglas County, Kansas | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Subclass: | †Rugosa |
Family: | †Cyathopsidae |
Genus: | †Caninia Michelin 1840 |
Paleoecology
editIt was marine in nature and known to live in lagoon-type ecosystems.[2] Because of the shallow water in which it lived, Caninia was often affected by processes above the water level, such as storms.[3]
Distribution
editPlace name | formation | Age |
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"Worldwide" | Devonian [4] | |
Arkansas | Fayetteville Shale, Pitkin Limestone | Mississippian[5][6] |
Illinois | Mississippian [6] | |
Oklahoma | Fayetteville Shale | Mississippian [6] |
Montana | Otter Formation | Mississippian [7] |
New Mexico | Lake Valley Formation | Mississippian[2] |
Kansas | Lecompton Limestone | Pennsylvanian[8] |
Nevada (Ely basin) | Chainman Shale | (Early) Pennsylvanian [9] |
Texas | Cisco Group | Pennsylvanian [10] |
Wales (South) | Arundian Limestone, High Tor Limestone | Carboniferous[3][11] |
Vancouver Island | Buttle Lake Formation | Permian [12] |
References
edit- ^ "Fossil Corals". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ a b Jeffords, Russel. 1943. Caninia from the Lower Carboniferous of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 17. no. 6.
- ^ a b Wu, Xian-tao. 1982. Storm-generated depositional types and associated trace fossils in Lower Carboniferous shallow-marine carbonates of Three Cliffs Bay and Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. vol.39. issue 3-4.
- ^ Shimer and Shock. 1944. Index Fossils of North America. MIT Press. Boston. pg. 91.
- ^ Easton, W.H. 1943. The Fauna of the Pitkin Formation of Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 17. no. 2.
- ^ a b c Easton, W.H. 1945. Amplexoid Corals from the Chester of Illinois and Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 6.
- ^ Easton, W.H. 1945. Corals from the Otter Formation (Mississippian) of Montana. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 5.
- ^ "Kansas Geological Survey". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ Coogan, Alan. 1964. Early Pennsylvanian History of Ely Basin, Nevada. AAAPG Bulletin. vol. 48 no. 4.
- ^ Waller, T.H. 1969. Lower Cisco Carbonate Deposition in North-Central Texas. A Guidebook to the Late Pennsylvanian Shelf Sediments, North-Central Texas. pp. 34-39.
- ^ Beus, Stanly. Fossil Associations in the High Tor Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of South Wales. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 58. no. 3.
- ^ Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 67
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