Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015
Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Exotubispongiidae, Fissispongiidae, Fluegelispongites, Girtycoeliidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Globucatenulaiidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Incertuspongia, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Kemeria, Maeandrostiidae, Milleporellidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae
Subtaxa: Cystothalamia Diecithalamia Discosiphonella Exovasa Guadalupia Incisimura Lemonea Polyphymaspongia Praethalamopora
Type: Guadalupia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (3 collections), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Italy (7), Japan (1), Oman (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (3), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (5), United States (4: Nevada, Oregon)
• Permian of China (26), Croatia (1), Greece (1), Iran (2), Italy (4), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (9), Slovenia (2), Thailand (1), Tunisia (24), United States (267: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (3)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1), Spain (2)
Total: 375 collections including 588 occurrences