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Prismodictya

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Prismodictya is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Prismodictyinae.

It was assigned to Reticulosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prismodictyinae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Prismodictya Sepkoski
2004Prismodictya Finks and Rigby p. 380

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyPrismodictyinaede Laubenfels 1955
genusPrismodictya

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: 2009-05-09 19:18:49
Modified: 2009-05-09 21:18:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 410.62000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Ghana P. sp. (35605)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2USA (New York) P. telum (216398)