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Stictostroma maclareni

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae

Taxonomy
Stictostroma maclareni was named by Stearn (1966). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Coral Falls, Trout River, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Kakisa Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Stictostroma maclareni Stearn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderStromatoporellidaStearn 1980
RankNameAuthor
familyStromatoporellidaeLecompte 1951
genusStictostromaParks 1936
speciesmaclareni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Stictostroma maclareni Stearn 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2007-09-07 03:24:54
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:23:24
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Stictostroma maclareni (84004 84006)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Alberta) Stictostroma maclareni (83547 83548 83549)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Canada (Northwest Territories) Stictostroma maclareni (type locality: 83806)