Taleastroma lenzi Galloway 1960 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae

Full reference: J. J. Galloway. 1960. Devonian stromatoporoids from the Lower Mackenzie Valley of Canada. Journal of Paleontology 34(4):620-636

Belongs to Taleastroma according to J. J. Galloway 1960

Sister taxa: Taleastroma condensum, Taleastroma logansportense, Taleastroma steleforme, Taleastroma vitreum

Type specimen: Its type locality is East Mountain, Lower Mackenzie River, which is in an Eifelian perireef or subreef limestone in the "Ramparts" Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (5: Alberta, Northwest Territories collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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