Oslodictyon chicum Nestor et al. 2010 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae

Full reference: H. Nestor, P. Copper, and C. Stock. 2010. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian stromatoporoid sponges from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: Crossing the O/S mass extinction boundary 1-163

Belongs to Oslodictyon according to H. Nestor et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is A1356a Chicotte River, Anticosti Island, which is in a Telychian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Jupiter Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at A1356a Chicotte River, Anticosti Island

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