†family Stromatoporidae Winchell 1867 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae

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

Sister taxa: Ferestromatoporidae, Syringostromellidae

Subtaxa: Climacostroma Eostromatopora Glyptostromoides Lineastroma Neosyringostroma Pseudotrupetostroma Stromaporidium Stromatopora Taleastroma

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Type: Stromatopora

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (3 collections), India (1)

• Triassic of Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1)

• Givetian of China (1), Morocco (2)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (17), Australia (13), Austria (1), Belgium (3), Canada (62: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), China (9), the Czech Republic (15), France (8), Germany (23), Iran (2), Mongolia (6), Morocco (3), New Zealand (2), Poland (7), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (26), Tajikistan (8), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alaska, California, Nevada, New York), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (7), Western Sahara (2)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (8: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (3), India (1), Ireland (1), Latvia (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (2), United States (30: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, New York, West Virginia)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of China (1), United States (2: Ohio, Tennessee)

Total: 310 collections including 416 occurrences

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