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Megastroma
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Uncertain
Order:
Unrecognizable Supposed Sponges
Superfamily:
Pileolitoidea
Family:
Polyactinellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Megastroma DAWSON, 1883, p. 12
Type Species:
M. laminosum, OD
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Canada (Brookfield, Nova Scotia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Suggested by Flügel & Flügel-Kahler (1968) to possibly be an inorganic structure.
References
Dawson, J. W. 1883. Preliminary notice of new fossils from the Lower Carboniferous of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. McGill University Peter Redpath Museum, Report 2:10-15.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Uncertain
Order:
Unrecognizable Supposed Sponges
Superfamily:
Pileolitoidea
Family:
Polyactinellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Megastroma DAWSON, 1883, p. 12
Type Species:
M. laminosum, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Canada (Brookfield, Nova Scotia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Suggested by Flügel & Flügel-Kahler (1968) to possibly be an inorganic structure.
References
Dawson, J. W. 1883. Preliminary notice of new fossils from the Lower Carboniferous of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. McGill University Peter Redpath Museum, Report 2:10-15.