†Desmidodictyon exoticum Nestor et al. 2010 (stromatoporoid sponge)
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Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Full reference: H. Nestor, P. Copper, and C. Stock. 2010. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian stromatoporoid sponges from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: Crossing the O/S mass extinction boundary 1-163
Belongs to Desmidodictyon according to H. Nestor et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is A0505b Jupiter-24, Anticosti Island, which is in a Rhuddanian deep subtidal limestone/shale in the Merrimack Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (7: Quebec collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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