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Taleastroma lenzi

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae

Taxonomy
Taleastroma lenzi was named by Galloway (1960). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is East Mountain, Lower Mackenzie River, which is in an Eifelian perireef or subreef limestone in the "Ramparts" Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. irregulare

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Taleastroma lenzi Galloway

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderStromatoporidaStearn 1980
RankNameAuthor
familyStromatoporidaeWinchell 1867
genusTaleastromaGalloway 1957
specieslenzi

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.

†Taleastroma lenzi Galloway 1960
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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 Eifelian to the top of the Famennian or 393.47000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Northwest Territories) Taleastroma lenzi (type locality: 84312)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Alberta) Taleastroma lenzi (83643 83660 83662)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Canada (Alberta) Taleastroma lenzi (83663)