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Anostylostroma vacuolatum

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae

Taxonomy
Anostylostroma vacuolatum was named by Galloway (1960). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Fort Good Hope, Post-Stringocephalus zone, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ramparts Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bailliei, A. grandiosus, A. lozvense, A. retiforme, A. tuntouense, A. uralica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Anostylostroma vacuolatum Galloway

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderClathrodictyidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyAnostylostromatidaeNestor 2011
genusAnostylostromaParks 1936
speciesvacuolatum

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.

†Anostylostroma vacuolatum 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: Early/Lower Frasnian or 383.70000 to 382.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Anostylostroma vacuolatum (type locality: 84328)