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Cystostroma

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Rosenellidae

Taxonomy
Cystostroma was named by Galloway and St Jean (1957). Its type is Cystostroma vermontense.

It was assigned to Labechiidae by Nestor (1964); to Rosenellidae by Bolton (1988) and Stearn et al. (1999); and to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Cystostroma Galloway and St Jean
1964Cystostroma Nestor
1988Cystostroma Bolton
1999Cystostroma Stearn et al.
2002Cystostroma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderLabechiidaKühn 1927
familyRosenellidaeYavorsky 1973
genusCystostromaGalloway and St Jean 1957

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. †Cystostroma Galloway and St Jean 1957
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Cystostroma estoniense Nestor 1964
Cystostroma primordia Jeon et al. 2018
Cystostroma prodigiosum Antropova 2007
Cystostroma vermontense Galloway and St Jean 1957
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 Tremadoc to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 486.50000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc - Floian486.5 - 470.0China (Guizhou) C. primordia (154810)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Alaska) C. sp. (100877)
Llanvirn - Llandeilian468.0 - 460.9South Korea (Kangweondo (Gangwon-do)) C. primordia (198260 198261)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Malaysia C. sp. (186497)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (2703 2717)
Sandbian - Katian458.4 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. evenkiensis (206494) C. evenkiensis, C. minimum (206485)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Australia (Tasmania) C. sp. (24252)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Québec) C. sp. (27235)
Trentonian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. (27118) C. spp. (27132)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Mongolia (Bayanhongor) C. fritzae (79589 79590) C. sp. (170488)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (2700 2731 2753 2754)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. 2 (27188)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. (34813)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (27112 27194)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (169387)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. (27122)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) C. estoniense (174086)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia C. estoniense (175398)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Mongolia C. evenkiense (79596)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) C. sp. (80138 80141)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Russian Federation (Komi) C. prodigiosum (80693)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guizhou) C. hunanensis (80476)