Petridiostroma Stearn 1992 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae

Alternative spellings: Petroidistroma, Petroiodistroma

Invalid subtaxa: Faciledictyon Lessovaja 1991, Petrostroma Stearn 1991 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. W. Stearn. 1992. Petridiostroma, a new name for Petrostroma Stearn, 1991, not Petrostroma Döderlein, 1892. Journal of Paleontology 66(3):531-531

Parent taxon: Gerronostromatidae according to H. Nestor 2015

See also Novack-Gottshall 2025, Sepkoski 2002, Stearn 1992 and Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Gerronodictyon, Gerronostroma

Subtaxa: Petridiostroma incrustatum Petridiostroma parsimplex Petridiostroma regulare

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Nunavut collections), the Russian Federation (1)

• Silurian of Canada (15: Manitoba, Quebec), Estonia (3), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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