Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
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 Ecclimadictyon according to H. Nestor et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ecclimadictyon arcuatum, Ecclimadictyon astrolaxum, Ecclimadictyon fastigiatum, Ecclimadictyon faveolatum, Ecclimadictyon koigiense, Ecclimadictyon laminaeungulatum, Ecclimadictyon macrotuberculatum, Ecclimadictyon microfastigiatum, Ecclimadictyon microvesiculosum, Ecclimadictyon nikitini, Ecclimadictyon pandum, Ecclimadictyon porkuni, Ecclimadictyon sarvense, Ecclimadictyon undatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is A363 Velleda Creek, Anticosti Island, which is in a Hirnantian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (10: Quebec collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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