Family Callodictyonidae Zittel 1877 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae

Parent taxon: Lychniscosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Aulophax, Callodictyidae, Calyptrellidae, Camerospongiidae, Cavispongia, Coeloptychidae, Cypelliidae, Dactylocalycidae, Dracolychnus, Etheridgea, Leucopsacasiidae, Pachyrachis, Pachyteichismatidae, Plectascus, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Ventriculitidae, Xylospongia, Triadocoelia

Subtaxa: Becksinae Callicylicinae Callodictyoninae Microblastidinae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Spain (2 collections)

• Eocene of Italy (1), Spain (6)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), France (29), Germany (14), Greece (1), Poland (4), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (12)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (5), Poland (1)

• Permian of China (1)

• Devonian of France (1), Ireland (2)

Total: 85 collections including 180 occurrences

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