Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Cystistroma

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae

Taxonomy
Cystistroma was named by Etheridge (1895).

It was assigned to Labechiidae by Bolton (1988); to Stromatoceriidae by Stearn et al. (1999); and to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Cystistroma Etheridge
1988Cystistroma Bolton
1999Cystistroma Stearn et al.
2002Cystistroma Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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

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.

G. †Cystistroma Etheridge 1895
show all | hide all
Cystistroma canadense Nicholson and Murie 1878
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 Blackriveran to the top of the Pirgu or 457.30000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Québec) Stromatocerium canadense (27232)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (2708)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Québec) C. canadense (27235)
Blackriveran - Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Stromatocerium canadense (27217)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) C. canadense (27229 27230)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia Stromatocerium canadense (168766 175507 175514)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (2647 2701 2707 2725 2727 2752)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Stromatocerium canadense (174289)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Oru) Stromatocerium canadense (175133)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Rapla) Stromatocerium canadense (174077)