Dightonia (bryozoan)
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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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tarakohe Quarry (Oligocene of New Zealand)
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