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Actinostroma expansum

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Stromatopora expansa Hall and Whitfield
1996Actinostroma expansum Stearn p. 200 figs. 2.4, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderActinostromatidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyActinostromatidaeNicholson 1886
genusActinostromaNicholson 1886
speciesexpansum(Hall and Whitfield 1873)

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.

Actinostroma expansum Hall and Whitfield 1873
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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 Middle Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 383.00000 to 382.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Morocco Actinostroma expansum (74491)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Vietnam Actinostroma expansum (83322)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guangxi) Actinostroma expansum (82073)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Poland Actinostroma expansum (83035)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Poland Actinostroma expansum (82920)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Canada (Manitoba) Actinostroma expansum (3638)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Canada (Manitoba) Actinostroma expansum (3636)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Poland Actinostroma expansum (82611 82900)