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Megastroma
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Subclass:
Excluded Taxa from Stromatoporoids
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Megastroma MONTANARO-GALLITELLI, 1954, p. 79
Type Species:
M. lecomptei, OD
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Italy (Sicily)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Suggested by Flügel & Flügel-Kahler (1968) to possibly be an inorganic structure.
References
Montanaro-Gallitelli, E. 1954. Il Permiano del Sosio e i suoi Coralli. Palaeontographica Italica 49:1-98, pl. 1-10.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Subclass:
Excluded Taxa from Stromatoporoids
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Megastroma MONTANARO-GALLITELLI, 1954, p. 79
Type Species:
M. lecomptei, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Italy (Sicily)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Suggested by Flügel & Flügel-Kahler (1968) to possibly be an inorganic structure.
References
Montanaro-Gallitelli, E. 1954. Il Permiano del Sosio e i suoi Coralli. Palaeontographica Italica 49:1-98, pl. 1-10.