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Paleozoic Stromatoporoid Paleoecology: A Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2017

J.A. Fagerstrom
J.A. Fagerstrom*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588
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For the non-specialist in stromatoporoid paleobiology, perhaps the greatest interest in these enigmatic organisms is in their potential value in paleoecology; Stearn (1982a) has noted the general preference of stromatoporoids for reef environments as a unifying aspect of the group. Stromatoporoid coenostea are usually obvious in the field but care must be taken not to confuse them with non-skeletal and skeletal algae, flatpebble conglomerate clasts or finely laminated carbonate sediment.

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Research Article
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Series in Geology, Notes for Short Course , Volume 7: Sponges and Spongiomorphs , 1983 , pp. 173 - 177
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Copyright © 1983 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

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