Dightonia Brown 1948 (bryozoan)

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

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tarakohe Quarry (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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