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Rhombodictyon

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Teganiidae

Taxonomy
Rhombodictyon is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Rhombodictyon Sepkoski
2004Rhombodictyon Finks and Rigby p. 418

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
RankNameAuthor
orderReticulosaReid 1958
superfamilyHintzespongioideaFinks 1983
familyTeganiidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusRhombodictyon

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: Edenian or 451.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) R. sp. (384 385 386)