Gerronostroma Yavorsky 1931 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae

Synonym: Clathrostroma

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gerronodictyon, Petridiostroma

Subtaxa: Gerronostroma cracoviensis Gerronostroma juveneforme Gerronostroma raclaviense Gerronostroma septentrionalis

View classification

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Canada (16: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (3), France (1), Germany (3), Mongolia (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (7), Tajikistan (7), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)

• Silurian of Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (7)

Total: 54 collections including 69 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.