Fieldingia Kent 1870 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae

Parent taxon: Placotrematinae according to R.E.H. Reid 2004

See also Kelly and Buckeridge 2005

Sister taxa: Cincliderma, Placotrema

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CH/f63a Tutuiri Stream, Chatham Island (Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand)

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