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Ceriodictyon

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae

Taxonomy
Ceriodictyon is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lychniscosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Callicylicinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ceriodictyon Sepkoski
2004Ceriodictyon Finks et al. p. 524

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyCallodictyonidaeZittel 1877
subfamilyCallicylicinae
genusCeriodictyon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France C. coniformis (68642)