Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Parent taxon: Laocoetidinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Beresi 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aulacosia, Botroclonium, Intextum, Leptolacis, Pachyascus, Scipiospongia
Subtaxa: Laocoetis arborescens Laocoetis clathrata Laocoetis crassipes Laocoetis emiliana Laocoetis fittoni Laocoetis paradoxa Laocoetis patula Laocoetis piserai Laocoetis procumbens Laocoetis relicta Laocoetis striatopunctata Laocoetis tubifera Laocoetis virgatula Laocoetis vulgata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Spain (7), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (11), Germany (4), Poland (6), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Germany (11), Poland (10), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Spain (1)
Total: 68 collections including 95 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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