Plexodictyon Nestor 1966 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae

Parent taxon: Actinodictyidae according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinodictyon, Camptodictyon, Desmidodictyon, Ecclimadictyon, Neobeatricea, Yabeodictyon

Subtaxa: Plexodictyon gobiense

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Virginia collection)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Estonia (1), Latvia (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (14), Sweden (2), Ukraine (1)

• Ordovician of Australia (2), China (1)

Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences

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