†Stereodictyum proteron Rigby 1972 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Stereodictyidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1972. A new hexactinellid sponge from the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Diamond Peak Formation in eastern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 46(2):266-270
Belongs to Stereodictyum according to J. K. Rigby 1972
Sister taxon: Stereodictyum orthoplectum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Buck Mountain, which is in a Morrowan coastal shale/limestone in the Diamond Peak Formation of Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (1 collection), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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