Order Dictyoceratida (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Dictyoceratida

Parent taxon: Keratosa according to N. J. de Voogd et al. 2022

See also Finks et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002, West et al. 2015 and Worheide et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Dendroceratida

Subtaxa: Dysideidae Felixium Irciniidae Spongeoliomorpha Spongiidae Vaceletiidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Thailand (1 collection)

• Eocene of Australia (2), Egypt (1), Italy (1), Spain (2)

• Cretaceous of China (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Poland (1)

• Permian of Morocco (1)

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences

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