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Parallelostroma ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Syringostromatida : Coenostromatidae : Parallelostroma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Parallelostroma dzinsetuense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Parallelostroma foveolatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Parallelostroma keyserense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Parallelostroma longicolumnum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Parallelostroma microporum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 423 Ma Silurian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Parallelostroma multicolumnum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 423 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1966 | Parallelostroma Nestor |
1999 | Parallelostroma Stearn et al. |
2002 | Parallelostroma Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!