†Leptophragma Zittel 1877 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Synonym: Polystigmatium Schrammen 1912
Parent taxon: Leptophragmatinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Leptophragmella, Pleurostoma, Pseudoguettardia, Ptychocoetis, Ptychodesia, Strephinia
Subtaxa: Leptophragma glutinata Leptophragma micropora Leptophragma murchisoni Leptophragma striatopunctatum
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (6 collections), Germany (11), Poland (5), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 32 collections including 41 occurrences
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