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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