†family Rhinidictyonidae Ulrich 1878 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyonidae

Parent taxon: Cryptostomata according to R. S. Bassler 1911

See also Astrova and Morozova 1956, Bassler 1953, Ernst and Carrera 2012, Jiménez-Sánchez 2009, Jiménez-Sánchez et al. 2010, Ma et al. 2015 and Xia et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Artchedella, Cryptostyloecia, Cycloporidae, Eichwaldictya, Europora, Eurythyrhombopora, Fenestelloidea, Ipmorella, Kielanopora, Nemacanthclema, Nemacanthopora, Nudymiella, Palaeocoryne, Palescharidae, Paranicklespora, Phaenophragma, Primarella, Promediapora, Pseudoascopora, Ptilodictyina, Ptilodictyoidea, Rhabdomesina, Rhabdomesoidae, Rhabdomesontidae, Rhinoporidae, Rozonovia, Shishoviclema, Silenella, Staffordotaxis, Streblopax, Strebloplax, Tamaroclema, Verella, Veroclema, Worthenoporidae, Yangotrypa

Subtaxa: Dicranopora Euspilopora Hemidictya

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Type: Rhinidictya

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Morocco (3 collections), Western Sahara (1)

• Ordovician of Estonia (1), Norway (1), United States (8: Ohio, Tennessee)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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