Atelodictyon Lecompte 1951 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae

Synonym: Aculatostroma Khalfina 1968

Parent taxon: Atelodictyidae according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

See also Nestor 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coenostelodictyon, Intexodictyon

Subtaxa: Atelodictyon cylindricum Atelodictyon dewalense Atelodictyon flexuosum Atelodictyon morytuense Atelodictyon ordinatum Atelodictyon sphaericum Atelodictyon stelliferum Atelodictyon verrucosum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (11 collections), Australia (3), Belgium (2), Canada (14: Alberta, Nunavut), China (2), the Czech Republic (8), France (3), Germany (1), Mongolia (2), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (14), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (1), United States (2: Iowa), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (4), Western Sahara (1)

• Silurian of United States (1: Indiana)

Total: 84 collections including 92 occurrences

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