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Lophiostroma schmidtii

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae

Taxonomy
Labechia schmidtii was named by Nicholson (1886). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Lophiostroma schmidtii by Webby (2015); it was misspelled as Lophiostroma schmidti by Novack-Gottshall (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. boletiformis, L. dubium, L. shantungense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Labechia schmidtii Nicholson
1908Chalazodes granulatum Parks
1957Lophiostroma schmidti Galloway p. 439
2015Lophiostroma schmidtii Webby p. 750
2025Lophiostroma schmidti Novack-Gottshall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderLabechiidaKühn 1927
RankNameAuthor
familyLophiostromatidaeNestor 1966
genusLophiostromaNicholson 1891
speciesschmidtii(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.

†Lophiostroma schmidtii Nicholson 1886
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Invalid names: Chalazodes granulatum Parks 1908 [synonym]
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 Gorstian to the top of the Pridoli or 426.70000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Ukraine Lophiostroma schmidti (23354 23375)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Estonia Lophiostroma schmidti (79877)
Paadla426.7 - 423.0Estonia (Saaremaa) Lophiostroma schmidtii (195602)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine Lophiostroma schmidti (23357 23376)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Estonia Lophiostroma schmidti (79878)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Latvia Lophiostroma schmidti (79814)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden Lophiostroma schmidti (79809 79810) Lophiostroma schmidtii (34406 34407)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine Lophiostroma schmidti (23484)