Anostylostroma anfractum Prosh and Stearn 1996 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae

Full reference: E. Prosh and C. W. Stearn. 1996. Stromatoporoids from the Emsian (Lower Devonian) of Arctic Canada. Bulletins of American Paleontology 109(349):1-65

Belongs to Anostylostroma according to E. Prosh and C. W. Stearn 1996

Sister taxa: Anostylostroma intermedium, Anostylostroma metzi, Anostylostroma phricum, Anostylostroma qinjiense, Anostylostroma vacuolatum, Anostylostroma vesiculosum

Type specimen: Its type locality is NE Bathurst Island, section B22, which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bird Fiord Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Nunavut collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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