†family Anthracosyconidae Finks 1960 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthracosyconidae

Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160

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

Sister taxa: Anthaspidellidae, Astylospongiidae, Chiastoclonellidae, Streptosolenidae

Subtaxa: Anthracosycon Collatipora Dactylites Devonospongia Laubenfelsia

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Type: Anthracosycon

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Spain (1 collection)

• Permian of United States (20: Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Devonian of Australia (1)

Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences

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