Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and P. di Stefano. 1988. Microfacies and sphinctozoan assemblage of some Lower Permian breccias from the Lercara Formation (Sicily). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 94(1):3-34
Parent taxon: Corymbospongiinae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Boiko et al. 1991 and Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Corymbospongia, Exaulipora, Imbricatocoelia, Lichuanospongia, Neoguadalupia, Platythalamiella, Shotorispongia
Subtaxa: Parauvanella delijanensis Parauvanella ferdowsensis Parauvanella minima Parauvanella paronai Parauvanella spinosa
Type: Parauvanella paronai
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (5 collections), Canada (1: Yukon), Iran (8), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Turkey (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Permian of China (25), Iran (1), Italy (1), Oman (3), United States (85: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 135 collections including 139 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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