Anostylostroma metzi Flügel and Flügel-Kahler 1975 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae

Full reference: E. Flügel and E. Flügel-Kahler. 1975. Stromatoporen aus dem Unteren Kohlenkalk (Tn 1b, Strunian) von Aachen. Neues Jahrbuch der Geologie und Palaeontologie 149(1):1-38

Belongs to Anostylostroma according to E. Flügel and E. Flügel-Kahler 1975

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kornelimünster, which is in a Famennian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Etroeungt Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Kornelimünster

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