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Plectostroma

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae

Taxonomy
Plectostroma was named by Nestor (1964). Its type is Actinostroma intertextum.

It was assigned to Actinostromatidae by Nestor (1964) and Stearn et al. (1999); and to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. altum, P. inornata, P. intertextum, P. necopinatum, P. salairicum
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. scaniense, P. sumsarense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Plectostroma Nestor
1999Plectostroma Stearn et al.
2002Plectostroma Sepkoski

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

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. †Plectostroma Nestor 1964
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†Plectostroma altum Ripper 1933
†Plectostroma inornata Lesovaya 1971
†Plectostroma intertextum Nicholson 1886
†Plectostroma necopinatum Nestor 1964
†Plectostroma salairicum Yavorskii 1930
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 Rhuddanian to the top of the Eifelian or 443.40000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Estonia P. necopinatum (61750)
Juuru443.4 - 439.0Estonia (Hiiu) P. necopinatum (175499 175508)
Juuru443.4 - 439.0Estonia P. necopinatum (77388 77389 175494)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Actinostroma intertextum (78710)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Tajikistan P. sumsarense (78969)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation P. necopinatum (24773)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway (Buskerud) P. norvegicum (79880)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (23057)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Estonia P. intermedium (79877)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation P. sp. (23638)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Sweden P. scaniense (63212)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Mongolia P. intermedium, P. podolicum (79645) P. podolicum, P. mirificum (79642)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Tajikistan P. intertextum (78972)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Latvia P. scaniense (79814)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Estonia P. mirificum, P. atterdagi, P. lepidum, P. intermedium, P. scaniense (79878)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden P. scaniense (34406 34407 79809 79810)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine P. malevskii, P. podolicum (13873) P. podolicum (23485)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Estonia (Saaremaa) P. intermedium (195602)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) P. micum (9318)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Tajikistan P. karatagica, P. submutiense, P. inornata (78973)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9Australia (Victoria) Actinostroma intertextum (7213 10127 10131 10135)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Austria (Kärnten) P. latens (81664)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Vietnam P. yenlacensis (83248)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Spain (Asturias) P. salairicum (121812)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Spain (Palencia) P. salairicum (121774 121804 121807)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Spain P. altum (151290)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic P. crassum, P. yunnanense (83395) P. crassum, P. yunnanense, P. latens (83394) P. latens (60429 60433 60435 83400) P. yunnanense, P. crassum, P. latens (83470) P. yunnanense, P. latens (83469)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Austria P. latens (227919)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Spain (Córdoba) P. salairicum (76980)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Spain (Castilla-León) P. salairicum (80582 80586 80587 80636)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Canada (Nunavut) P. salairicum (84235)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic P. yunnanense (60423 62169 62171)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Castilla-León) P. salairicum (80639 80640) P. sp. (80646 80647)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Tajikistan P. flabellatum (78985)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic P. crassum (62173)