Rosenella Nicholson 1886 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Rosenellidae

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

See also Nestor 1964 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cystostroma, Forolinia, Pachystylostroma, Pseudostylodictyon

Subtaxa: Rosenella dentata Rosenella macrocystis Rosenella tuberculata

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Type: Rosenella macrocystis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (1 collection)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (3)

• Ordovician of Australia (4), Canada (1: Québec), China (3)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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