Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sharma and Takahashi 2007
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongaster, Spongodiscus, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: Stylodictya delicatula Stylodictya gracilis Stylodictya polaris Stylodictya zittelii
Type: Stylodictya gracilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (5 collections)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (7)
• Cretaceous of Germany (2), Oman (3), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of Switzerland (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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