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Petridiostroma, a new name for Petrostroma Stearn, 1991, not Petrostroma Döderlein, 1892

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Colin W. Stearn
Colin W. Stearn*
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University Street, Montreal H3A 2A7, Canada
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The generic name Petrostroma proposed by Stearn (1991) for a Paleozoic stromatoporoid with type species Petrostroma simplex (Nestor, 1966) is preoccupied by a calcareous sponge described in 1892 by Döderlein.

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Taxonomic Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , May 1992 , pp. 531
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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References

Döderlein, L. 1892. Über Petrostroma schulzei n. gen. n. sp. der Kalkschwämme. Verhandlungen der Deutsche Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 2:143–145.Google Scholar
Nestor, H. 1966. Stromatoporoidei wenlocka i ludlowa Estonii. Akademya Nauk, Estonskoi SSR, Institut Geologii, 87 p.Google Scholar
Stearn, C. W., 1991. A revision of Anostylostroma, Atelodictyon, and related genera (Paleozoic Stromatoporoidea). Journal of Paleontology, 65:611–622.CrossRefGoogle Scholar