Taleastroma Galloway 1957 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stearn 1996

Sister taxa: Climacostroma, Eostromatopora, Glyptostromoides, Lineastroma, Neosyringostroma, Pseudotrupetostroma, Stromaporidium, Stromatopora

Subtaxa: Taleastroma condensum Taleastroma lenzi Taleastroma logansportense Taleastroma steleforme Taleastroma vitreum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (5 collections), Canada (9: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (1), Poland (1), Spain (12), Turkey (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences

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