Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Parent taxon: Ptilodictyidae according to A. Ernst et al. 2019
See also Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953, Ernst and Nakrem 2012, Ma et al. 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cladodictya, Clathropora, Ensiphragma, Ensipora, Insignia, Phaenopora, Phaenoporella, Ptilotrypa, Stellatodictya, Stictoporella, Stictoporina
Subtaxa: Ptilodictya bifurcata Ptilodictya canadensis Ptilodictya capillaris Ptilodictya ensiformis Ptilodictya flabellata Ptilodictya flagella Ptilodictya gladiola Ptilodictya lanceolata Ptilodictya sulcata
Type: Flustra lanceolata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: New York collection)
• Silurian of Belarus (4), Canada (1: Quebec), China (1), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), Sweden (12), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: New York)
• Dobrotivian of France (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Minnesota)
• Chazyan of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (2), France (1), India (7), Norway (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: California, Minnesota, Ohio)
Total: 74 collections including 77 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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