Atelodictyon morytuense Bolshakova and Ulitina 1985 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae

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 Atelodictyon according to L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina 1985

Sister taxa: Atelodictyon cylindricum, Atelodictyon dewalense, Atelodictyon flexuosum, Atelodictyon ordinatum, Atelodictyon sphaericum, Atelodictyon stelliferum, Atelodictyon verrucosum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Moritu-Ula, Ulaangom, which is in a Givetian/Frasnian perireef or subreef limestone in Mongolia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Moritu-Ula, Ulaangom

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