Lobatospongia nodensis Rigby et al. 2007 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida

Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. T. McCleary, and B. B. Britt. 2007. A new demospongiid sponge from the Permian Park City Formation near Park City, Utah, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 245(2):153-158

Belongs to Lobatospongia according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 480660. Its type locality is United Park City Mines property, which is in a Roadian/Wordian offshore shale in Utah.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at United Park City Mines property

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