Anostylostroma vacuolatum Galloway 1960 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae

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

Belongs to Anostylostroma according to J. J. Galloway 1960

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fort Good Hope, Post-Stringocephalus zone, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ramparts Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Fort Good Hope, Post-Stringocephalus zone

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