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Idiostromatidae

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Idiostromatidae

Taxonomy
Idiostromatidae was named by Nicholson (1886).

It was assigned to Stromatoporellida by Stearn et al. (1999).

Subtaxa
Idiostroma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Idiostromatidae Nicholson
1999Idiostromatidae Stearn et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderStromatoporellidaStearn 1980
familyIdiostromatidaeNicholson 1886
familyIdiostromatidaeNicholson 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. †Idiostromatidae Nicholson 1886
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G. †Idiostroma Winchell 1867
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†Idiostroma moravicum Zukalova 1971
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 Wenlock to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 433.40000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) Idiostroma sp. (111844 111845 111846)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0China (Xinjiang) Idiostroma sp. (27767)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Tajikistan Idiostroma sp. (78973)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9USA (Alaska) Idiostroma sp. (101495)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Tajikistan Idiostroma colymensis (45825)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Idiostroma fililaminatum (25367)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Vietnam Idiostroma crassum (83253)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Idiostroma sp. (197085 227413)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Castilla-León) Idiostroma sp. (80633 80634)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Nevada) Idiostroma sp. (83979)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Idiostroma sp. (77075)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Thailand Idiostroma sp. (82083)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Mongolia Idiostroma cumulus (79720 79723)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Spain (Asturias) Idiostroma sp. (80373)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Vietnam Idiostroma crassum (83254 83298)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Manitoba) Idiostroma sp. (6719)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Idiostroma sp. (83978)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Czech Republic Idiostroma sp. (83221)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Mongolia Idiostroma cumulus (79722)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Vietnam Idiostroma fililaminatum (83340)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Czech Republic Idiostroma caespitosum, Idiostroma moravicum (83233)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2France Idiostroma roemeri (38686)
Middle Frasnian (interglacial)382.4 - 379.5Belgium (Namur) Idiostroma sp. (158156)