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Desmostroma

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Pseudolabechiidae

Taxonomy
Desmostroma was named by Bol'shakova (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl].

It was assigned to Pseudolabechiinae by Stearn et al. (1999); to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudolabechiidae by Stock (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Desmostroma Bol'shakova
1999Desmostroma Stearn et al.
2002Desmostroma Sepkoski
2002Hexastylostroma Sepkoski
2015Desmostroma Stock p. 774

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderActinostromatidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
familyPseudolabechiidaeBogoyavlenskaya 1969
genusDesmostromaBol'shakova 1969

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. †Desmostroma Bol'shakova 1969
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Desmostroma chutense Nestor et al. 2010
Desmostroma mongolica Bolshakova and Ulitina 1985
Invalid names: Hexastylostroma [synonym]
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 Telychian to the top of the Ludlow or 438.50000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) D. chutense (113300 113369 113385 113386)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Mongolia D. mukschiense, D. columnum, D. mongolica (79640)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine D. multum (23468) D. yakovlevi (23376)