Plexodictyon gobiense Bolshakova and Ulitina 1985 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae

Full reference: L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina. 1985. Stromatoporaty i biostratigrafiya nizhnego paleozoya Mongolii [Stromatoporata and biostratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 27:5-94

Belongs to Plexodictyon according to L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shovdol Obo Mountains, Baruun-Urt, Eastern Gobi, Sükhbaatar Formation, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Sükhbaatar Formation of Mongolia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Shovdol Obo Mountains, Baruun-Urt, Eastern Gobi, Sükhbaatar Formation

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