Order Amphidiscosa Schrammen 1924 (glass sponge)
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
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