Trupetostroma Parks 1936 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae

Synonyms: Flexiostroma, Imponodictyon

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

See also Sepkoski 2002, Stearn 1996 and Stearn 2015

Sister taxa: Hermatoporella, Hermatostroma, Hermatostromella, Synthetostroma

Subtaxa: Flexiostroma buguchiense Trupetostroma densum Trupetostroma dushanense Trupetostroma ernodes Trupetostroma hayense Trupetostroma imbrex Trupetostroma kakisaense Trupetostroma keratodendroides Trupetostroma lecomptei Trupetostroma papulosum Trupetostroma pertabulatum Trupetostroma rectum Trupetostroma saintjeani Trupetostroma sublamellatum Trupetostroma tenue

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Givetian of China (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (4), Belgium (1), Canada (35: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (4), the Czech Republic (8), France (6), Germany (6), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (4), Morocco (3), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (2), United States (1: Nevada), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (4)

Total: 91 collections including 120 occurrences

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