Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Hintzespongiidae
Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1983. Fossil Hexactinellida. Sponges and Spongiomorphs 101-115
Parent taxon: Hintzespongioidea according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2010
See also Finks and Rigby 2004
Sister taxon: Teganiidae
Subtaxa: Cyathophycus Cyathophyscus Hintzespongia Lantianospongia Ratcliffespongia Stephenospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: British Columbia, Northwest Territories collections), United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Manitoba), the Czech Republic (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (2: Nevada, New York)
• Tremadoc of the Czech Republic (1)
• Solvan of United States (1: Utah)
• Delamaran of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (1: Utah)
• Cambrian of China (2), Mexico (1), United States (8: Utah)
Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences