Hermatostroma astrorhizoides Bolshakova and Ulitina 1985 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae

Full reference: L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina. 1985. Stromatoporaty i biostratigrafiya nizhnego paleozoya Mongolii [Stromatoporata and biostratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 27:5-94

Belongs to Hermatostroma according to L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina 1985

Sister taxa: Hermatostroma afghanense, Hermatostroma haultainense, Hermatostroma longipilatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tsakhirin-Khuduk, Dzhinsetu Ula Mountains, Gobi Altai, which is in a Givetian perireef or subreef limestone in Mongolia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Mongolia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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