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Plectostroma intertextum

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae

Taxonomy
Actinostroma intertextum was named by Nicholson (1886). It is the type species of Plectostroma.

It was recombined as Plectostroma intertextum by Nestor (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Plectostroma intertextum Nestor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderActinostromatidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyActinostromatidaeNicholson 1886
genusPlectostromaNestor 1964
speciesintertextum(Nicholson 1886)

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.

Plectostroma intertextum Nicholson 1886
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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 Llandovery to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 443.40000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Actinostroma intertextum (78710)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Tajikistan Plectostroma intertextum (78972)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Australia (Victoria) Actinostroma intertextum (7213 10127 10131 10135)