Virgaspongiella ramosa Rigby and Boyd 2004 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and D. W. Boyd. 2004. Sponges from the Park City Formation (Permian) of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 78(1):71-76

Belongs to Virgaspongiella according to J. K. Rigby and D. W. Boyd 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UW4022. Its type locality is AMNH B6821, Bull Lake, Fremont County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine lime mudstone/grainstone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at AMNH B6821, Bull Lake, Fremont County

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