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Stromatopora
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Stromatoporida
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Stromatoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stromatopora GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 21
Type Species:
S. concentrica GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 22, OD, holotype, IPB 80
Images
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Fig. 451a–b. *S. concentrica, holotype, IPB 80, Middle Devonian,
Gerolstein, Eifel, Germany; a, longitudinal section showing cassiculate structure, X10; b, longitudinal section showing cellular microstructure, X25 (Stearn, 2011b). --Fig. 452a–b. *S. concentrica; a, holotype, longitudinal section cut for Lecompte (1952 in 1951–1952) showing microstructure, X25; b, specimen IRScNB 6212a of Lecompte (1952 in 1951–1952), Eifelian, Chimay, Ardennes, Belgium, longitudinal section showing latilamination and cassiculate structure, X10 (Stearn, 2011b).
Synonyms
Angulatohtroma
Geographic Distribution
Czech Republic (Bohemia), Russia (Kuznetsk Basin, Lena River, Vaigach Island), Ukraine (Podolia), Wenlock, Czech Republic (Bohemia), Estonia, Russia (Vaigach
Island, Siberian platform), USA (New York),
Ludlow–Pridoli; Australia (Victoria, New South Wales), Canada (Arctic Island), China (Guangxi), Spain (south), Lower Devonian; Australia (Queensland), Belgium (Ardennes) Canada (Arctic Island, Northwest Territories), China (Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan), Morocco, New Zealand (Reefton), Russia (Kuznetsk Basin, Petchora Basin, Salair), USA (Missouri), Middle Devonian; Belgium (Ardennes), Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories), Poland (Holy Cross Mountains), Russia (Novaya Zemlya), Frasnian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Wenlock)
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Skeleton of cellular, cassiculate, oblique pachystromes and scattered dissepiments, in some successive phases including short pachysteles, structural elements in tangential section cut as labyrinthine network or discrete vermiform elements. [Problems concerning the type and definition of the genus have been discussed by Stearn (1993)].
References
Goldfuss, G. A. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniae, Band 1, Heft 1. Arnz & Co. Düsseldorf. p. 1-76, pl. xxv.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Stromatoporida
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Stromatoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stromatopora GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 21
Type Species:
S. concentrica GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 22, OD, holotype, IPB 80
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 451a–b. *S. concentrica, holotype, IPB 80, Middle Devonian,
Gerolstein, Eifel, Germany; a, longitudinal section showing cassiculate structure, X10; b, longitudinal section showing cellular microstructure, X25 (Stearn, 2011b). --Fig. 452a–b. *S. concentrica; a, holotype, longitudinal section cut for Lecompte (1952 in 1951–1952) showing microstructure, X25; b, specimen IRScNB 6212a of Lecompte (1952 in 1951–1952), Eifelian, Chimay, Ardennes, Belgium, longitudinal section showing latilamination and cassiculate structure, X10 (Stearn, 2011b).
Synonyms
Angulatohtroma
Geographic Distribution
Czech Republic (Bohemia), Russia (Kuznetsk Basin, Lena River, Vaigach Island), Ukraine (Podolia), Wenlock, Czech Republic (Bohemia), Estonia, Russia (Vaigach
Island, Siberian platform), USA (New York),
Ludlow–Pridoli; Australia (Victoria, New South Wales), Canada (Arctic Island), China (Guangxi), Spain (south), Lower Devonian; Australia (Queensland), Belgium (Ardennes) Canada (Arctic Island, Northwest Territories), China (Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan), Morocco, New Zealand (Reefton), Russia (Kuznetsk Basin, Petchora Basin, Salair), USA (Missouri), Middle Devonian; Belgium (Ardennes), Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories), Poland (Holy Cross Mountains), Russia (Novaya Zemlya), Frasnian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Wenlock)
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Skeleton of cellular, cassiculate, oblique pachystromes and scattered dissepiments, in some successive phases including short pachysteles, structural elements in tangential section cut as labyrinthine network or discrete vermiform elements. [Problems concerning the type and definition of the genus have been discussed by Stearn (1993)].
References
Goldfuss, G. A. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniae, Band 1, Heft 1. Arnz & Co. Düsseldorf. p. 1-76, pl. xxv.