Pachystylostroma Nestor 1964 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Rosenellidae

Parent taxon: Rosenellidae according to H. Nestor et al. 2010

See also Bolton 1988, Nestor 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Cystostroma, Forolinia, Pseudostylodictyon, Rosenella

Subtaxa: Pachystylostroma contractum Pachystylostroma copelandi Pachystylostroma estoniense Pachystylostroma exile Pachystylostroma fragosum Pachystylostroma hillistense Pachystylostroma miriamae Pachystylostroma opiparum Pachystylostroma ozakii Pachystylostroma rosensteinae Pachystylostroma ungerni

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Type: Stromatopora ungerni

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), China (2), Estonia (17), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (3)

• Chazyan of Canada (2: Ontario, Québec), United States (9: New York, Vermont)

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Vermont)

• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (1: Ontario), China (2), Estonia (3), Mongolia (3), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 49 collections including 65 occurrences

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