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Cystistroma canadense

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae

Taxonomy
Stromatocerium canadense was named by Nicholson and Murie (1878).

It was recombined as Cystistroma canadense by Nicholson and Murie (1878), Bolton (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Cystistroma canadense Nicholson and Murie
1988Cystistroma canadense Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderLabechiidaKühn 1927
RankNameAuthor
familyStromatoceriidaeBogoyavlenskaya 1969
genusCystistromaEtheridge 1895
speciescanadense(Nicholson and Murie 1878)

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.

Cystistroma canadense Nicholson and Murie 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2008-02-26 08:16:02
Modified: 2008-02-26 10:16:02
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oandu to the top of the Pirgu or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Québec) Stromatocerium canadense (27232)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Québec) Cystistroma canadense (27235)
Blackriveran - Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Stromatocerium canadense (27217)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Cystistroma canadense (27229 27230)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Estonia Stromatocerium canadense (168766 175507 175514)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Oru) Stromatocerium canadense (175133)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Stromatocerium canadense (174289)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Rapla) Stromatocerium canadense (174077)