†Trochobolus Zittel 1877 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Synonym: Pachyrhachis Schrammen 1937
Parent taxon: Pachyteichismatidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Mastospongia, Pachyteichisma
Subtaxa: Trochobolus cupulus Trochobolus cylindratus Trochobolus dentatus Trochobolus labyrinthicus Trochobolus suevicus Trochobolus texatus Trochobolus tuberculatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (11), Poland (5), Romania (1), Spain (3)
Total: 27 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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