Vesicocaulis Ott 1967 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae

Parent taxon: Vesicocauliinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Russospongia, Tolminothalamia, Yukonella

Subtaxa: Vesicocaulis alpinus Vesicocaulis carinthiacus Vesicocaulis depressus Vesicocaulis multisiphonatus Vesicocaulis oenipontanus Vesicocaulis ostiaesaccus Vesicocaulis reticuliformis

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Type: Vesicocaulis alpinus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (8 collections), Germany (3), Greece (2), Hungary (3), Italy (8), Slovakia (14), Slovenia (4), Turkey (1)

• Permian of Venezuela (1)

Total: 44 collections including 61 occurrences

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