Dactylites subdigitatus 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

Belongs to Dactylites according to R. M. Finks 1960

Sister taxa: Dactylites magna, Dactylites micropora, Dactylites obconica

Type specimen: PU 78880. Its type locality is PU3e, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at PU3e, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo

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