Actinostroma quasifenestratum Khromykh 2008 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae

Full reference: V. G. Khromykh. 2008. Discovery of Lower Famennian Stromatoporoidea in the Kuznetsk Basin. Paleontological Journal 42(3):227-231

Belongs to Actinostroma according to V. G. Khromykh 2008

Sister taxa: Actinostroma expansum, Actinostroma fenestratum, Actinostroma filixtextum, Actinostroma pachypilatum, Actinostroma praesalevensis, Actinostroma redwaterense, Actinostroma stellulatum, Actinostroma tyrrelli, Actinostroma undulatum, Lamelliostroma crassum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tom River, B-8151, which is in a Famennian perireef or subreef limestone in the Peshcherka Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Tom River, B-8151

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