Order Amphidiscosa Schrammen 1924 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Amphidiscosa

Parent taxon: Amphidiscophora according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Hemidiscosa, Hyalonematidae, Reticulosa

Subtaxa: Hyalonemia Pattersoniidae Pelicaspongiidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections), Iran (1)

• Permian of Italy (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of Spain (2), United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Devonian of Australia (6), Canada (1: Alberta), Spain (1), United States (4: New York, Tennessee)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut), United States (3: Indiana)

• Ordovician of Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Kentucky, Ohio)

• Tremadoc of Argentina (1)

Total: 30 collections including 44 occurrences

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