Salairella bullulosa Stearn 1966 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae

Alternative combination: Pseudoactinodictyon bullulosum

Full reference: C. W. Stearn. 1966. Upper Devonian stromatoporoids from southern Northwest Territories and northern Alberta. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 133:35-68

Belongs to Salairella according to C. W. Stearn 1996

See also Stearn 1966

Sister taxon: Salairella prima

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mikkwa River, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Mikkwa Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (8: Alberta, Manitoba collections), China (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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