Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147
Parent taxon: Prismodictyinae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Rigby and Webby 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dictyophyton, Dictyophytra, Helicodictya, Ithacadictya, Norfordia, Prismodictya, Ursaspongia
Subtaxa: Tiddalickia manitobensis Tiddalickia quadrata
Type: Tiddalickia quadrata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: Manitoba)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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