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Oslodictyon chicum

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae

Taxonomy
Oslodictyon chicum was named by Nestor et al. (2010). It is not extant. Its type locality is A1356a Chicotte River, Anticosti Island, which is in a Telychian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Oslodictyon chicum Nestor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderClathrodictyidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyClathrodictyidaeKühn 1939
genusOslodictyonMori 1978
specieschicum

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.

Oslodictyon chicum Nestor et al. 2010
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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: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Oslodictyon chicum (type locality: 113313)