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Clathrodictyon vesiculosum

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae

Taxonomy
Clathrodictyon vesiculosum was named by Nicholson and Murie (1878). It is the type species of Clathrodictyon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Clathrodictyon vesiculosum Nicholson and Murie
1879Clathrodictyon vesiculosum Nicholson and Murie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderClathrodictyidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyClathrodictyidaeKühn 1939
genusClathrodictyonNicholson and Murie 1878
speciesvesiculosumNicholson 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.

Clathrodictyon vesiculosum Nicholson and Murie 1878
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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 Gamachian to the top of the Homerian or 445.50000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1USA (Illinois) Clathrodictyon vesiculosum (173289)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Tajikistan Clathrodictyon vesiculosum (78969)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Clathrodictyon vesiculosum (25251)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Anhui) Clathrodictyon vesiculosum (27737)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Clathrodictyon vesiculosum (13592)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Clathrodictyon vesiculosum (23057)