Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Synonym: Tremadictyon Zittel 1877 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Cribrospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Hinde 1883 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Andreaea, Erineum, Eubrochus, Feifelia, Gevreya, Guettardiscyphia, Haynespongia, Keuppiella, Nelumbifolium, Petalope, Polyopesia, Stereochlamis, Stichmaptyx, Tesselospongia
Subtaxa: Cribrospongia elegans Cribrospongia reticulata Tremadictyon obliquatum Tremadictyon roemeri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (1), Sweden (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), France (2), Germany (15), Poland (21), Portugal (2), Spain (4)
• Triassic of China (1), Italy (1)
Total: 52 collections including 91 occurrences
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