Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to Kiessling 1999
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongaster, Spongodiscus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylodictya, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: Spongotripus aculeatus Spongotripus concentricus Spongotripus fenestratus Spongotripus patella Spongotripus pujanai Spongotripus ruestae Spongotripus sinensis Spongotripus triassicus Spongotripus xintianensis
Distribution:
• Paleocene of New Zealand (5 collections)
• Cretaceous of Czechia (1), Italy (28), Japan (11), New Zealand (2), Oman (4), the Russian Federation (4)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (9), Canada (8: British Columbia), China (1), Germany (8), Italy (3), Japan (8), Peru (1), Slovenia (4)
• Triassic of Austria (1)
• Permian of China (8)
Total: 106 collections including 132 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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