†family Actinodictyidae Khalfina and Yavorsky 1973 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae

Parent taxon: Clathrodictyida according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Anostylostromatidae, Atelodictyidae, Clathrodictyidae, Gerronostromatidae, Tienodictyidae

Subtaxa: Actinodictyon Camptodictyon Desmidodictyon Ecclimadictyon Neobeatricea Plexodictyon Yabeodictyon

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (1)

• Jaani of Estonia (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Virginia)

• Silurian of Australia (2), Canada (58: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), Estonia (56), Latvia (1), Mongolia (3), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (41), Sweden (4), Tajikistan (3), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Indiana, Iowa, Ohio), Uzbekistan (1)

• Ordovician of Australia (15), Canada (12: Manitoba, Quebec), China (5), Estonia (7)

Total: 224 collections including 314 occurrences

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