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Desmidodictyon exoticum

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae

Taxonomy
Desmidodictyon exoticum was named by Nestor et al. (2010). It is not extant. Its type locality is A0505b Jupiter-24, Anticosti Island, which is in a Rhuddanian deep subtidal limestone/shale in the Merrimack Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Desmidodictyon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Desmidodictyon exoticum Nestor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderClathrodictyidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyActinodictyidaeKhalfina and Yavorsky 1973
genusDesmidodictyon
speciesexoticum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Desmidodictyon exoticum Nestor et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available