Siphonodendron

Siphonodendron
Siphonodendron sp. from Snook Point, Northumberland, UK
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: †Rugosa
Family: †Lithostrotionidae
Genus: †
McCoy 1849
Species

†S. irregulare
†S. junceum
†S. martini
†S. pauciradiale
†S. scaleberense

Siphonodendron is an extinct genus of colonial rugose corals common during the Carboniferous period. In fossil form it now appears as a white or brown mass of short spaghetti-like threads, usually flattened during distortion of the embedding limestone. It is in the sub-class Hexacorallia of corals with sixfold symmetry.

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