Chileata - Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Synonym: Dictyonella Hall 1868 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Eichwaldiidae according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Cocks 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1981
Sister taxon: Eichwaldia
Subtaxa: Dictyonella capewellii Dictyonella coralifera Dictyonella gibbosa Dictyonella planicola Dictyonella reticulata Eodictyonella capewellii Eodictyonella coralifera
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (4 collections), Kazakhstan (1)
• Jaani of Estonia (3)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (3), Sweden (12), the United Kingdom (4), United States (64: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Sweden (1), United States (7: Georgia, Oklahoma)
Total: 105 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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