Pleurodictyum

Pleurodictyum Temporal range: Late Silurian-Early Carboniferous ~418–345 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
P. americanum from the Givetian Kashong Shale (Hamilton Group) of Livingston County, New York
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Tabulata
Family:	Favositidae
Genus:	Pleurodictyum Goldfuss 1829
Species
P. americanum Roemer 1876

Pleurodictyum is an extinct genus of tabulate corals, characterized by polygonal corallites. Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and carbonate hardgrounds.

Fossils of Pleurodictyum have been found in:

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Tajikistan, and the United States (Kentucky, Wisconsin)

Algeria, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (Ontario), China, Colombia (Floresta Formation, Altiplano Cundiboyacense), the Czech Republic, France, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, United States (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee), and Venezuela

Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States (Georgia)