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Plectostroma

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae

Taxonomy
Plectostroma was named by Nestor (1964). Its type is Actinostroma intertextum.

It was assigned to Actinostromatidae by Nestor (1964) and Stearn et al. (1999); and to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Plectostroma Nestor
1999Plectostroma Stearn et al.
2002Plectostroma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderActinostromatidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
familyActinostromatidaeNicholson 1886
genusPlectostromaNestor 1964

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. †Plectostroma Nestor 1964
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Plectostroma altum Ripper 1933
Plectostroma inornata Lesovaya 1971
Plectostroma intertextum Nicholson 1886
Plectostroma necopinatum Nestor 1964
Plectostroma salairicum Yavorskii 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available