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Caninia
Temporal range: Devonian to Permian 419.2–252.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Caninia torquia from the Beil Limestone Member, Lecompton Limestone, Douglas County, Kansas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Subclass: †Rugosa
Family: †Cyathopsidae
Genus: †Caninia
Michelin 1840

Caninia is an extinct genus of rugose coral. Its fossils occur worldwide from the Devonian to the Permian periods.

Paleoecology

It was marine in nature and known to live in lagoon-type ecosystems. Because of the shallow water in which it lived, Caninia was often affected by processes above the water level, such as storms.

Distribution

Place name formation Age
"Worldwide" Devonian
Arkansas Fayetteville Shale, Pitkin Limestone Mississippian
Illinois Mississippian
Oklahoma Fayetteville Shale Mississippian
Montana Otter Formation Mississippian
New Mexico Lake Valley Formation Mississippian
Kansas Lecompton Limestone Pennsylvanian
Nevada (Ely basin) Chainman Shale (Early) Pennsylvanian
Texas Cisco Group Pennsylvanian
Wales (South) Arundian Limestone, High Tor Limestone Carboniferous
Vancouver Island Buttle Lake Formation Permian

References

  1. "Fossil Corals". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  2. ^ Jeffords, Russel. 1943. Caninia from the Lower Carboniferous of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 17. no. 6.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. Shimer and Shock. 1944. Index Fossils of North America. MIT Press. Boston. pg. 91.
  5. Easton, W.H. 1943. The Fauna of the Pitkin Formation of Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 17. no. 2.
  6. ^ Easton, W.H. 1945. Amplexoid Corals from the Chester of Illinois and Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 6.
  7. Easton, W.H. 1945. Corals from the Otter Formation (Mississippian) of Montana. Journal of Paleontology: vol. 19. no. 5.
  8. "Kansas Geological Survey". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  9. Coogan, Alan. 1964. Early Pennsylvanian History of Ely Basin, Nevada. AAAPG Bulletin. vol. 48 no. 4.
  10. 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.
  11. Beus, Stanly. Fossil Associations in the High Tor Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of South Wales. Journal of Paleontology. vol. 58. no. 3.
  12. Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 67
Taxon identifiers
Caninia


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