| Lithostrotion | |
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| Fossil on display at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | † Rugosa |
| Family: | † Lithostrotionidae |
| Genus: | † Lithostrotion Fleming, 1828 |
Lithostrotion is a genus of rugose coral which is commonly found as a fossil within Carboniferous Limestone. Lithostrotion is a member of the family Lithostrotionidae. The genus Lithostrotion, a common and readily recognised group of fossils, became extinct by the end of the Palaeozoic era. [1]
