Callodictyon Zittel 1877 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae

Parent taxon: Callodictyoninae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Beaussetia, Callodictyonella, Cinclidella, Coscinaulus, Desmoderma, Diplodictyon, Pleurope, Porochonia, Regnardielasma

Subtaxa: Callodictyon fragile Callodictyon infundibulum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (8 collections), Germany (3), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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