Temporal range: Late Silurian-Early Carboniferous ~418–345 Ma
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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]
^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.
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carinatus, an orthid brachiopod from the Middle Devonian of New York Pleurodictyum americanum, Kashong Shale, Middle Devonian of New York SEM image of...
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