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单词 stromatoporoid
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Definition of stromatoporoid in English:

stromatoporoid

noun ˌstrəʊməˈtɒpərɔɪdˌstrōməˈtäpəroid
  • An extinct sessile coral-like marine organism of uncertain relationship that built up calcareous masses composed of laminae and pillars, occurring from the Cambrian to the Cretaceous.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The stromatoporoids had massive calcareous skeletons that are preserved as rather conspicuous fossils.
    • The main victims were the major reef-building organisms: the stromatoporoid sponges, and rugose and tabulate corals.
    • Other faunal elements include colonial and solitary corals, encrusting bryozoans, stromatoporoids, and rare brachiopods.
    • Nevertheless the rugose corals remained subsidiary components of reefs relative to tabulate corals and stromatoporoids.
    • However, in many reefal carbonates stromatoporoids are the only recognizable fossils available to the biostratigrapher.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Stromatopora (genus name), from stroma, stromat- 'layer, covering' + -pora.

 
 

Definition of stromatoporoid in US English:

stromatoporoid

nounˌstrōməˈtäpəroid
  • An extinct sessile coral-like marine organism of uncertain relationship that built up calcareous masses composed of laminae and pillars, occurring from the Cambrian to the Cretaceous.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, in many reefal carbonates stromatoporoids are the only recognizable fossils available to the biostratigrapher.
    • The main victims were the major reef-building organisms: the stromatoporoid sponges, and rugose and tabulate corals.
    • Nevertheless the rugose corals remained subsidiary components of reefs relative to tabulate corals and stromatoporoids.
    • Other faunal elements include colonial and solitary corals, encrusting bryozoans, stromatoporoids, and rare brachiopods.
    • The stromatoporoids had massive calcareous skeletons that are preserved as rather conspicuous fossils.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Stromatopora (genus name), from stroma, stromat- ‘layer, covering’ + -pora.

 
 
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