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IRMNG name detailsDictyostroma Nicholson, 1875 †
marine,
fossil only
Geol. Surv. Ohio Rep., 2 (2)
page(s): 254 [details]
Taxonomic remark Originally described as fossil stromatoporoid [now in sponges]; listed as Cnidaria in Nomenclator Zoologicus. From Stearn,...
Taxonomic remark Originally described as fossil stromatoporoid [now in sponges]; listed as Cnidaria in Nomenclator Zoologicus. From Stearn, 2010: Since the beginning of life on Earth, bacteria, by secretion of carbonates and trapping of sediments, have constructed layered structures that have been mistaken for stromatoporoids. Before fossils were investigated using thin sections, these structures were given names like Megastroma, Parastroma, Dictyostroma, and Neostroma, which implied a relationship to the stromatoporoids. Most of these genera (see list in Kühn, 1939), when viewed in thin section, were shown to be indeterminate crusts formed by bacterial biofilms trapping sediments and building up laminated structures. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Dictyostroma Nicholson, 1875 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1347829 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Geol. Surv. Ohio Rep., 2 (2)
page(s): 254 [details] basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] verified source for family Stearn, C. W. (2010). Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 9E: Morphologic Affinities of the Paleozoic Stromatoporoidea to other fossil and Recent groups. <em>Treatise Online.</em> 7: 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/to.v0i0.4076 [details] name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] extant flag source NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title [details] habitat flag source as per family [details] From other sources
Taxonomic remark Originally described as fossil stromatoporoid [now in sponges]; listed as Cnidaria in Nomenclator Zoologicus. From Stearn, 2010: Since the beginning of life on Earth, bacteria, by secretion of carbonates and trapping of sediments, have constructed layered structures that have been mistaken for stromatoporoids. Before fossils were investigated using thin sections, these structures were given names like Megastroma, Parastroma, Dictyostroma, and Neostroma, which implied a relationship to the stromatoporoids. Most of these genera (see list in Kühn, 1939), when viewed in thin section, were shown to be indeterminate crusts formed by bacterial biofilms trapping sediments and building up laminated structures. [details]
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