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Stromatoporida

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida

Taxonomy
Stromatoporida was named by Stearn (1980).

It was assigned to Stromatoporoidea by Stearn et al. (1999).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Stromatoporida Stearn
1999Stromatoporida Stearn et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderStromatoporidaStearn 1980
orderStromatoporidaStearn 1980

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.

Or. †Stromatoporida Stearn 1980
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Fm. †Ferestromatoporidae Khromych 1969
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G. †Arctostroma Yavorsky 1967
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Arctostroma contextum Stearn 1963
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Invalid names: Arctostroma ignotum Yavorsky 1967 [synonym], Stromatopora mikkwaensis Stearn 1966 [synonym]
G. †Ferestromatopora Yavorsky 1955
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Ferestromatopora parksi Stearn 1966
Fm. †Stromatoporidae Winchell 1867
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G. †Climacostroma Yang and Dong 1979
G. †Eostromatopora Nestor 1999
G. †Glyptostromoides Stearn 1983
G. †Lineastroma Khalfina and Yavorsky
G. †Neosyringostroma Kazmierczak 1971
G. †Pseudotrupetostroma Khalfina and Yavorsky 1971
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Stromaporidium lamellatum Stanley 1994
G. †Stromatopora Goldfuss 1826
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Stromatopora arcuata Galloway 1960
Stromatopora chauffati Dehorne 1920
Stromatopora cygnea Stearn 1963
Stromatopora discoidea Lonsdale 1839
Stromatopora gortanii Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
Stromatopora hensoni Prosh and Stearn 1996
Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881
Stromatopora prima Parks 1933
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Invalid names: Stromatopora chouinardensis Parks 1933 [synonym], Stromatopora crassa Parks 1933 [synonym]
G. †Taleastroma Galloway 1957
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Taleastroma condensum Zukalova 1971
Taleastroma lenzi Galloway 1960
Taleastroma logansportense Galloway and St Jean 1957
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Invalid names: Stromatopora boiarschinovi Yavorsky 1961 [synonym]
Taleastroma steleforme Stearn 1975
Taleastroma vitreum Galloway 1960
Fm. †Syringostromellidae Stearn 1980
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G. †Salairella Khalfina 1961
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Salairella bullulosa Stearn 1966
Salairella prima Khromykh 1971
Invalid names: Lecomptella [synonym]
G. †Syringostromella Nestor 1966
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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 Soudleyan to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 457.50000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (371 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian457.5 - 452.0China (GanSu) Stromatopora sp. (8561)
Maysvillian452.0 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) Stromatopora arachnoidea (5374)
Maysvillian452.0 - 449.5USA (Ohio) Stromatopora sp. (391)
Ashgillian - Wenlock449.5 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Stromatopora sp. (188780)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Stromatopora sp. (452)
Silurian443.4 - 419.2Australia (Victoria) Stromatopora typica (10194)
Silurian443.4 - 419.2USA (Alaska) Stromatopora sp. (111792 111793 111800 111807 111811 111845 111846 111850 111851 111852)
Silurian443.4 - 419.2USA (California) Stromatopora sp. (229252 229254 229257 229258 229259) Stromatopora sp., Stromatopora hupschii (230235)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (New York) Stromatopora constellata (81892)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Stromatopora sp. (25251) Stromatopora sp. B (184842 184851)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico (Sonora) Stromaporidium lamellatum (39171)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Stromaporidium sp. (205278)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India Stromatoporida indet. (63215)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) Stromatopora dichotoma (93561)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Stromatopora gortanii (93492)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Stromatopora chauffati (93539)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Stromatoporida indet. (4079)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Normandy) Stromatoporida indet. (4926)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Ethiopia Stromatopora chauffati (93496)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco Stromatoporida indet. (67619)