†Lophiostroma Nicholson 1891 (stromatoporoid sponge)
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Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Synonym: Chalazodes Parks 1908
Parent taxon: Lophiostromatidae according to J. Jeon et al. 2025
See also Sepkoski 2002, Stearn et al. 1999 and Webby 2015
Sister taxa: Dermatostroma, Tarphystroma
Subtaxa: Lophiostroma leizunia Lophiostroma schmidtii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Tajikistan (1 collection)
• Silurian of Belarus (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (3), Latvia (1), Sweden (4), Ukraine (5)
• Ordovician of China (2), Mongolia (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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