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Stromatoporidae

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae

Taxonomy
Stromatoporidae was named by Winchell (1867). Its type is Stromatopora.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Stromatoporidae Winchell
1999Stromatoporidae Stearn et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderStromatoporidaStearn 1980
familyStromatoporidaeWinchell 1867
familyStromatoporidaeWinchell 1867

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. †Stromatoporidae Winchell 1867
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G. †Climacostroma Yang and Dong 1979
G. †Eostromatopora Nestor 1999
G. †Glyptostromoides Stearn 1983
G. †Lineastroma Khalfina and Yavorsky
G. †Neosyringostroma Kazmierczak 1971
G. †Pseudotrupetostroma Khalfina and Yavorsky 1971
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G. †Stromatopora Goldfuss 1826
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Stromatopora arcuata Galloway 1960
Stromatopora chauffati Dehorne 1920
Stromatopora cygnea Stearn 1963
Stromatopora discoidea Lonsdale 1839
Stromatopora gortanii Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
Stromatopora hensoni Prosh and Stearn 1996
Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881
Stromatopora prima Parks 1933
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Invalid names: Stromatopora chouinardensis Parks 1933 [synonym], Stromatopora crassa Parks 1933 [synonym]
G. †Taleastroma Galloway 1957
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Taleastroma condensum Zukalova 1971
Taleastroma lenzi Galloway 1960
Taleastroma logansportense Galloway and St Jean 1957
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Invalid names: Stromatopora boiarschinovi Yavorsky 1961 [synonym]
Taleastroma steleforme Stearn 1975
Taleastroma vitreum Galloway 1960
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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 458.20000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (305 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (GanSu) Stromatopora sp. (8561)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Stromatopora arachnoidea (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Stromatopora sp. (391)
Ashgill - Wenlock449.5 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Stromatopora sp. (188780)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) Stromatopora sp. (452)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) Stromatopora sp. (111792 111793 111800 111807 111811 111845 111846 111850 111851 111852)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) Stromatopora typica (10194)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Stromatopora sp. (229252 229257 229258 229259) Stromatopora sp., Stromatopora hupschii (230235)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (New York) Stromatopora constellata (81892)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Ireland (Mayo) Eostromatopora ringerikensis (87225)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Czechia Stromatopora sp., Taleastroma condensum, Stromatopora cygnea (83236)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) Stromatopora sp. (3384 3387 3389)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Stromatopora obscura (84376)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Canada (Alberta) Taleastroma lenzi (83663)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Stromatopora lennardensis (39239 83973)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Canada (Alberta) Stromatopora sp. (25262)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Stromatopora sp. (202422)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Stromatopora gortanii (93492)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Stromatopora chauffati (93539)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia Stromatopora chauffati (93496)