†Actostroma Hudson 1958 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Full reference: R. G. S. Hudson. 1958. Actostroma gen. nov., a Jurassic stromatoporoid from Maktesh Hathira, Israel. Palaeontology 1(2):87-98
Parent taxon: Actinostromariidae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Hudson 1958, Sepkoski 2002 and Wood 1987
Sister taxa: Actinostromaria, Actinostromina
Subtaxa: Actostroma damesini Actostroma nasri Actostroma regulare
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections)
• Jurassic of China (1), Indonesia (1), Israel (1)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
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