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Desmostroma chutense

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Pseudolabechiidae

Taxonomy
Desmostroma chutense was named by Nestor et al. (2010). It is not extant. Its type locality is A276 Rivière a la Chute, Anticosti Island, which is in a Telychian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Chicotte Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. columnum, D. mukschiense, D. multum, D. yakovlevi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Desmostroma chutense Nestor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderActinostromatidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyPseudolabechiidaeBogoyavlenskaya 1969
genusDesmostromaBol'shakova 1969
specieschutense

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.

†Desmostroma chutense 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 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Desmostroma chutense (113300 113369 type locality: 113385 113386)