Welteria hawasinensis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae

Full reference: O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Late Permian 'Sphinctozoans' from reefal blocks of the Ba'id area, Oman Mountains. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):27-46

Belongs to Welteria according to O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996

Sister taxa: Welteria hamedanii, Welteria lutensis, Welteria repleta, Welteria rhaetica

Type specimen: ZT 24b. Its type locality is Ba'id ZT, Jabal Rahbah, which is in a Roadian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Al Jil Formation of Oman.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ba'id ZT, Jabal Rahbah

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