†family Hydnodictyidae Rigby 1971 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Hydnodictyidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1971. Sponges of the Ordovician Cat Head Member, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 202:35-79

Parent taxon: Dierespongioidea according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Rigby 1971

Sister taxa: Aglithodictyidae, Amphispongiidae, Dierespongiidae, Multivasculatidae, Titusvillidae, Valospongia

Subtaxa: Hydnodictya

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at McBeth Point-Cat Head-Lynx Point, Lake Winnipeg (Ordovician of Manitoba)

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