Cockbainia palmata Rigby 1986 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1986. Late Devonian sponges of Western Australia. Report of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 18:1-59

Belongs to Cockbainia according to J. K. Rigby 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sadler Ridge, reef slope, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef wackestone/shale in the Sadler Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sadler Ridge, reef slope

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