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Actinostromatidae

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Actinostromatidae Nicholson
1964Actinostromatidae Nestor
1999Actinostromatidae Stearn et al.
2015Actinostromatidae Stock p. 769

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderActinostromatidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
familyActinostromatidaeNicholson 1886
familyActinostromatidaeNicholson 1886

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.

Fm. †Actinostromatidae Nicholson 1886
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G. †Actinostroma Nicholson 1886
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Actinostroma expansum Hall and Whitfield 1873
Actinostroma fenestratum Nicholson 1889
Actinostroma filixtextum Lecompte 1951
Actinostroma praesalevensis Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Actinostroma stellulatum Nicholson 1885
Actinostroma tyrrelli Nicholson 1891
Actinostroma undulatum Yang and Dong 1963
Invalid names: Auroriina Bogoyavlenskaya 1977 [synonym], Lamelliostroma Bogoyavlenskaya 1977 [synonym], Trigonostroma Bogoyavlenskaya 1969 [synonym]
G. †Bicolumnostratum Stock 1998
G. †Bifariostroma Khalfina 1968
G. †Neoclathrodictyon Lesovaya 1971
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Neoclathrodictyon kimi Lesovaya 1971
G. †Plectostroma Nestor 1964
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Plectostroma altum Ripper 1933
Plectostroma inornata Lesovaya 1971
Plectostroma intertextum Nicholson 1886
Plectostroma necopinatum Nestor 1964
Plectostroma salairicum Yavorskii 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2007-09-07 03:24:54
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:23:24
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Oxfordian or 458.40000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (260 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Onnian458.4 - 449.5China (GanSu) Actinostroma sp. (8545)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Estonia Plectostroma necopinatum (61750)
Juuru443.4 - 439.0Estonia (Hiiu) Plectostroma necopinatum (175499 175508)
Juuru443.4 - 439.0Estonia Plectostroma necopinatum (77388 77389 175494)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Actinostromatidae indet. (79461)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Tajikistan Plectostroma sumsarense (78969)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Actinostroma intertextum (78710)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation Plectostroma necopinatum (24773)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) Actinostroma sp. (26662 26674)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway (Buskerud) Plectostroma norvegicum (79880)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Tajikistan Actinostroma stellulata (184355)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Actinostroma sp. (82565)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Actinostroma clathratum (82485 82561) Actinostroma perlaminatum (82563) Actinostroma sp., Actinostroma clathratum (82562) Actinostroma sp., Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma crassepilatum, Actinostroma perlaminatum (82564)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Germany Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma sp. (28047)
Late/Upper Givetian - Frasnian380.2 - 372.2Germany Actinostroma stellulatum (60179)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Czech Republic Actinostroma dehorneae (83236)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Actinostroma ignotum (84378)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Actinostroma quasifenestratum (84376)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Actinostroma miraculum (84307)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Actinostroma praesalevensis (92962 93012 93013)