Dictyonina Cooper 1942 (lamp shell)

Paterinata - Paterinida - Paterinidae

Parent taxon: Paterinidae according to D. L. Bruton and D. A. T. Harper 2000

See also Bengtson 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Cordatia, Dictyonites, Kolihium, Lacunites, Micromitra, Paterina, Wynnia

Subtaxa: Dictyonina minutipuncta Dictyonina ornatella Dictyonina pannula Dictyonina perforata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Amgan of Kazakhstan (5 collections)

• Solvan of Australia (1), Sweden (1)

• Delamaran of Canada (2: British Columbia), Mexico (3), United States (6: California, Montana, Utah)

• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Denmark (2), France (1), Kazakhstan (5), Norway (1), United States (17: Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 46 collections including 48 occurrences

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