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Hammatostroma albertense

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae

Taxonomy
Hammatostroma albertense was named by Stearn (1961). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Southesk-Cairn complex, Sawtooth Mountain, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cairn Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Hammatostroma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Hammatostroma albertense Stearn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderClathrodictyidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
RankNameAuthor
familyTienodictyidaeBogoyavlenskaya 1965
genusHammatostroma
speciesalbertense

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.

Hammatostroma albertense Stearn 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available