†Chaunactis foliata Finks 1960 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
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 Chaunactis according to M. Galeana-Morán et al. 2025
See also Finks 1960 and Hurcewicz 1982
Sister taxa: Chaunactis kaera, Chaunactis malkowskii, Chaunactis olsoni
Type specimen: USNM 127641a
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (5 collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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