†Pachyascus batalleri Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Full reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252
Belongs to Pachyascus according to L. Lagneau-Herenger 1962
Sister taxa: Pachyascus formosus, Pachyascus lopatinensis, Pachyascus punctatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mas de Artis, which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in Spain
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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