Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Toomeyospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, G. L. Bell, and K. Thompson. 2007. Hexactinellid and associated sponges from the upper Reef Trail Member of the Bell Canyon Formation, southern Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1241-1256
Belongs to Toomeyospongiella according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GUMO 8162. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00017 Hill 4415, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope wackestone/mudstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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