Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Synonym: Paracraticularia Schrammen 1937 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Craticulariinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Beresi 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 1963
Sister taxa: Dictyonocoelia, Diphyllospira, Eutactostomium, Psephosyllogus, Pycnocalyptra, Reticraticularia, Sphenaulax
Subtaxa: Craticularia auricularis Craticularia australis Craticularia parallela Craticularia roemeri Craticularia stellata Craticularia subseriata
Type: Scyphia parallela
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), France (6), Germany (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), France (3), Germany (12), Italy (1), Poland (11), Portugal (3), Romania (1), Spain (4)
Total: 52 collections including 77 occurrences
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