†family Gerronostromatidae Bogoyavlenskaya 1969 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae

Parent taxon: Clathrodictyida according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Actinodictyidae, Anostylostromatidae, Atelodictyidae, Clathrodictyidae, Tienodictyidae

Subtaxa: Gerronodictyon Gerronostroma Petridiostroma

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Canada (17: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (3), France (1), Germany (3), Mongolia (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (8), Tajikistan (7), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)

• Silurian of Canada (15: Manitoba, Quebec), Estonia (3), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (10), Sweden (1)

Total: 78 collections including 95 occurrences

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