†Dightonia Brown 1948 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
WoRMS claims genus is extinct
Parent taxon: Escharinidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bactridium, Bryopesanser, Chiastosella, Escharina, Herentia, Mastigophorinae, Phaeostachys, Schizobathysella, Schizocoryne, Therenia
Subtaxa: Dightonia inarmata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tarakohe Quarry (Oligocene of New Zealand)
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