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Stromatoporoidea ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	3338	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=3338

Rank

class (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
order	Stromatoporoidea

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stromatoporoidea	class	belongs to Porifera	stated without evidence	Stearn et al., 1999
Stromatoporoidea	order	belongs to Demospongia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

417

First Recorded Appearance

541 - 530 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea)

Vision

blind (based on Stromatoporoidea)

Diet

suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea)

Ecospace Comments

Minerlogy of skeletons according to Rush, P. F., and H. S. Chafetz. 1991. Skeletal mineralogy of Devonian stromatoporoids. Journal of Sedimentary Research 61:364-369.

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Stromatoporoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Actinostromatida ✝ order	listed (PBDB)	501	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Amphiporida ✝ order	listed (PBDB)	403	443 Ma Silurian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Clathrodictyida ✝ order	listed (PBDB)	1,120	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	331 Ma Carboniferous
Labechiida ✝ order	listed (PBDB)	606	485 Ma Cambrian	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stromatoporellida ✝ order	listed (PBDB)	668	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Stromatoporida ✝ order	listed (PBDB)	542	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Syringostromatida ✝ order	listed (PBDB)	587	443 Ma Silurian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Aulaceridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	4	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ecclimadictyidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)
Aculatostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	5	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Amnestostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	6	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Andenipora ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	33	199 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Auroria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Clavidictyon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	11	443 Ma Silurian	384 Ma Middle Devonian
Columna ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Diparistomaria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Diplostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	433 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Drosdoria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Edelsteinia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	520 Ma Cambrian	520 Ma Cambrian
Faciledictyon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Flexiostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	6	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Forolina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Hexastylostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Imponodictyon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Khasaktia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	6	520 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Lamellopora ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Lecomptella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Maldeotaina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	541 Ma Cambrian	541 Ma Cambrian
Mixtusdictyon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Nuratadictyon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paramphipora ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	35	426 Ma Silurian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Perplexostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Petroidistroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Plumatalina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Praeidiostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	427 Ma Silurian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pseudoactinostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pseudostromatoporella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	7	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Rackovskia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Sergaelites ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Shirdagopora ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Stromatodictyon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Synthetostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	5	388 Ma Middle Devonian	384 Ma Middle Devonian
Trigonostroma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Vicinustachyodes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Vittia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Zeravshanella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1878	Stromatoporoidea Nicholson and Murie
1999	Stromatoporoidea Stearn et al. p. 11
2002	Stromatoporoidea Sepkoski, Jr.
1878	Stromatoporoidea Nicholson and Murie
1999	Stromatoporoidea Stearn et al. p. 11
2002	Stromatoporoidea Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Stearn C. W., Webby B. D., et al (1999) Revised classification and terminology of Palaeozoic stromatoporoids, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44 1, 1-70

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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