Guettardiscyphia diptera Wagner 1963 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae

Full reference: W. Wagner. 1963. Die Schwammfauna der Oberkreide von Neuburg (Donau) [The Upper Cretaceous sponge fauna from Neuburg (Donau)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 122:166-250

Belongs to Guettardiscyphia according to W. Wagner 1963

Sister taxa: Guettardiscyphia (Hillendia), Guettardiscyphia (Koleostoma), Guettardiscyphia alata, Guettardiscyphia bisalata, Guettardiscyphia roemeri, Guettardiscyphia stellata, Guettardiscyphia striata, Guettardiscyphia thiolati

Type specimen: Its type locality is Neuburg (Donau), which is in a Turonian coastal sandstone in the Neuburger Weiß Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Neuburg (Donau)

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