Dightonia (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae

Parent taxon: Gigantoporidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Brown 1952 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cosciniopsis, Cylindroporella, Gephyrophora, Gigantopora, Hemicosciniopsis, Pachystomaria, Schizaropsis, Semihaswellia, Stenopsella

Subtaxa: Dightonia inarmata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tarakohe Quarry (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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