†Favispongia Quenstedt 1878 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Synonym: Sporadopyle Zittel 1877 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Sporadopylidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Lagneau-Herenger 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Sestrodictyon, Xenoschrammenum
Subtaxa: Sporadopyle obliqua Sporadopyle pusilla
Type: Scyphia obliqua
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (8 collections)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (10), India (1), Poland (13), Spain (1)
Total: 36 collections including 49 occurrences
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