Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and G. L. Bell. 2006. Sponges from the Reef Trail Member of the Upper Guadalupian (Permian) Bell Canyon Formation, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):1-42
Belongs to Guadalupia according to J. K. Rigby and G. L. Bell 2006
Sister taxa: Guadalupia auricula, Guadalupia cidarites, Guadalupia cupulosa, Guadalupia favosa, Guadalupia lepta, Guadalupia microcamera, Guadalupia minima, Guadalupia minuta, Guadalupia ramescens, Guadalupia vasa, Guadalupia zitteliana
Type specimen: GUMO 15128. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills, which is in a Capitanian slope rudstone/packstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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